lionesque

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English

Etymology

From lion +‎ -esque.

Adjective

lionesque (comparative more lionesque, superlative most lionesque)

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