Leonine

Origin

Latin leōnīnus 'of a lion; lion-like'.

Full definition of leonine

Adjective

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the lion.His leonine face scared the young children.
• 1887, Thomas Adolphus Trollope, What I Remember, Volume 2, chapter XIV (ebook):He Landor was a man of somewhat leonine aspect as regards the general appearance and expression of the head and face, which accorded well with the large and massive build of the figure, and to which a superbly curling white beard added not only picturesqueness, but a certain nobility.