lionhood

English

Etymology

lion +‎ -hood

Noun

lionhood (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a lion.
    • 1881, Thomas Carlyle, Reminiscences:
      Harriet had started into lionhood since our first visit to London, and was still run much after, by a rather feeble set of persons chiefly

References

lionhood in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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