LE'ONINE, adjective [Latin leoninus, from leo, lion.] Belonging to a lion; resembling a lion, or partaking of his qualities; as leonine fierceness or rapacity. Leonine verses, so named from Leo, the inventor, are those, the end of which rhymes with the middle; as, Gloria factorum temere conceditur horum.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI