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Middle English
- lion, leon, lioun, lyon, liun, lyoone, leun, lyoon, lyown, lyun, leoun, lyone
Etymology
From Old French leon, leun, liun, from Latin leōnem, accusative of leō, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liːˈuːn/, /liˈuːn/, /lɛːˈuːn/, /lɛˈuːn/, /ˈliːun/, /ˈlɛːun/, /-oːn/
Noun
lyoun (plural lyouns)
- lion (The felid Panthera leo)
c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 4:7, page 118v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:⁊ þe firſte beeſte .· liyk a lioun / ⁊ þe ſecounde beeſte .· lijk a calf / ⁊ þe þꝛidde beeſte .· hauynge a face as of a man / ⁊ þe fourþe beeſte .· liyk an egle fleynge- And the first beast like a lion; and the second beast like a calf; and the third beast had a face like a human; and the fourth beast like an eagle flying.
- A depiction of a lion (as in heraldry).
- Leo (the constellation or astrological sign)
- (figurative) An unjust or ferocious individual.
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