Lionesque
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Lionesque is an adjective meaning Synonym of leonine.
Meaning
Synonym of leonine.
Example Sentences
With her copper skin and her golden hair, B.B. thought she looked positively lionesque.
Preston was a lionesque, tall, massive man, with a generous sized moustache, and beautiful green eyes.
The Psalms provided the Gnostics with the source of this portrait of the creator as lionesque, enabling them to identify him as an erotic, lion-headed leader of the animal-like archons.
On his bas-reliefs and plaques, allegorical, stylized, and muscular heroes break their chains and brandish large swords. LaSalle holds his two hands on a hugesword planted in front of him and looks like a medieval chevalier, fierce and lionesque.
Synonyms for lionesque
Depending on context, synonyms include leonine.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include leontomorphic, lionish, lion, leuconoid, lupine, lyncean.
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