Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - leonine
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Leonine
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Leonine means like a lion, and is used especially to describe men with a lot of hair on their head, or with big beards. (LITERARY) ...a tall leonine grey-haired man. ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin leoninus, from leon-, leo Date: 14th century of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion LEONINE adjective see Leo I ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 like a lion. 2 of or relating to lions. Etymology: ME f. OF leonin -ine or L leoninus f. leo leonis lion LEONINE adj. & n. --adj. of Pope Leo; made or invented by Pope Leo. --n. (in pl.) leonine verse. Phrases and idioms Leonine City the part of Rome round the Vatican fortified by Pope Leo IV. leonine verse 1 medieval Latin verse in hexameter or elegiac metre with internal rhyme. 2 English verse with internal rhyme. Etymology: the name Leo (as LEONINE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. львиный leonine head —- львиная голова a man of leonine aspect —- человек с благородной внешностью 2. стих. леонинский leonine verse —- леонинский стих leonine poet —- поэт, пишущий леонинским стихом leonine rhyme —- леонинская рифма ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1375, from O.Fr. leonin, from L. leoninus "belonging to a lion," from leo (gen. leonis) "lion." Weekley thinks that Leonine verse, rhymed in the middle as well as the end of the line, is probably from some medieval poet, perhaps Leo, Canon of St. Victor, Paris, 12c. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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