Definition for LE'O-NINE

LE'O-NINE, a. [L. leoninus, from leo, lion.]

Belonging to a lion; resembling a lion, or partaking of his qualities; as, leonine fierceness or rapacity. Leonine verses, so named from Leo, the inventor, are those, the end of which rhymes with the middle; as, Gloria factorum temere conceditur horum. – Johnson.

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