Leonine definition
An example of a leonine person is a person with a big mane of fluffy hair.
His leonine face scared the young children.
Origin of leonine
- Middle English from Old French leonin from Latin leōnīnus from leō leōn- lion lion
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Latin leōnīnus 'of a lion; lion-like'.
From Wiktionary