Meaning of lionesque | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of leonine.

Examples

“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.”

“Preston was a lionesque, tall, massive man, with a generous sized moustache, and beautiful green eyes.”

“With her copper skin and her golden hair, B.B. thought she looked positively lionesque.”

“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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