Dictionary

lionesque en · ADJ

Etymology

From lion + -esque. Piecewise doublet of lionish.

Meanings

1. Synonym of leonine.
   • With her copper skin and her golden hair, B.B. thought she looked positively lionesque. 2008, HCJ Studios, MAMBO! A Conversation With The Gods:
   • 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. 1997, Paul Shepard, The Others: How Animals Made Us Human, page 183:
   • Preston was a lionesque, tall, massive man, with a generous sized moustache, and beautiful green eyes. 2001, Jeff Lenburg, Peekaboo: The Story of Veronica Lake, page 58:
   • 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. 2010, François Lagarde, The French in Texas: History, Migration, Culture:

Forms

Deriveds

lionesquely

Synonyms

leonine