#the tigress

Adjective

[lee-uh-nahyn ]

1. of or relating to the lion:
    We breathlessly watched the pride, in its leonine majesty, as it moved across      the veldt.

2. resembling or suggestive of a lion:
    the conductor’s wild, leonine hair.

3. (usually initial capital letter) of or relating to Leo, especially Leo IV or Leo XIII.

Origin:
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English leonyn, from Latin leōnīnus “lionlike,” equivalent to leōn- (stem of leō) + -īnus; see origin at lion,-ine¹

“He was still bearded, still rather leonine, but he was better groomed than in those days in India.”
- Anne Warner, The Tigress