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Definition of leonine adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

leonine

adjective

/ˈliːənaɪn/

/ˈliːənaɪn/

(literary)

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like a lion
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin leoninus, from leo, leon- ‘lion’.

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