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le⋅o⋅nine

  [lee-uh-nahyn]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the lion.
2. resembling or suggestive of a lion.
3. (usually initial capital letter) of or pertaining to Leo, esp. Leo IV or Leo XIII.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME leonyn < L leōnīnus lionlike, equiv. to leōn- (s. of leō lion ) + -īnus -ine 1
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le·o·nine   (lē'ə-nīn')   
adj.  Of, relating to, or characteristic of a lion.

[Middle English, from Old French leonin, from Latin leōnīnus, from leō, leōn-, lion; see lion.]
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Word Origin & History

leonine 
c.1386, from L. leoninus "belonging to or resembling a lion," from leo (gen. leonis) "lion." Weekley thinks that Leonine verse (1658), rhymed in the middle as well as the end of the line, probably is from the name of some medieval poet, perhaps Leo, Canon of St. Victor, Paris, 12c.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: le·o·nine
Pronunciation: 'lE-&-"nIn
Function: adjective
: of or relating to leprotic leontiasis
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leonine le·o·nine (lē'ə-nīn)
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a lion.

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