Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lionine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: li-o-n-ine
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete spelling of leonine (“13th-century coin minted in Europe and used in England as a debased form of the sterling silver penny”).

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[M]oſt deceits and corruptions are found in this reign [of Edward I of England], vvhen there vvas imported (beſides clipped ſterlings) a ſort of light money vvith a mitre, another with a lion, a third of copper blanched in imitation of the Engliſh money, a fourth like that of King Edvvard, and a fifth kind that vvas plated, and others, knovvn by the name of Pollards, Crokards, Mitres, Lionines, Staldings, Steepings, Eagles and Roſarys, vvhich vvere coined in parts beyond the ſeas, and privately brought into the kingdom, and uttered here for ſterling, though not vvorth above an halfpenny."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

lionines (plural)

Questions

What does lionine mean?: Obsolete spelling of leonine (“13th-century coin minted in Europe and used in England as a debased form of the sterling silver penny”).

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