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lionhood

lionhood noun: the state of being a lion.

Noun

lionhood (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a lion.
    • Harriet had started into lionhood since our first visit to London, and was still run much after, by a rather feeble set of persons chiefly1881, Thomas Carlyle, Reminiscences

Origin of lionhood

From lion + -hood.

Questions about lionhood

What does lionhood mean?
Lionhood means the state of being a lion.
What part of speech is lionhood?
Lionhood is a noun.

Words near lionhood in the dictionary

  1. lionheart
  2. lionhearted
  3. lionheartedly
  4. lionheartedness
  5. lionhearts
  6. lionhood
  7. lionine
  8. lionines
  9. lionisation
  10. lionisations
  11. lionise

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