leonine

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English - Turkish
aslan gibi
aslan yürekli
{s} aslana özgü
aslana ait
English - English
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the lion

His leonine face scared the young children.

like a lion
{a} having the nature or color of a lion
Of or relating to lions
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leonine look; leonine rapacity
{s} of or pertaining to a lion; like a lion, resembling a lion
Lion
Leonine means like a lion, and is used especially to describe men with a lot of hair on their head, or with big beards. a tall leonine grey-haired man. like a lion in character or appearance (leoninus, from leo; LEO)
of or characteristic of or resembling a lion

Related Terms

leonine rhyme
A form of internal rhyme in which the word preceding the caesura rhymes with the final word in the line, as in: "For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams" (Edgar Allan Poe)
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