lionesque

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lionesque

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From lion + -esque. Piecewise doublet of lionish.

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Synonym of leonine. 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.
Similar: leonine

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"lionesque." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lionesque. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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lionesque. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lionesque

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"lionesque." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lionesque.

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@misc{lionesque_2026,
  title = {lionesque},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lionesque},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}