LENTOR, len'tor, _n._ tenacity, viscidity.--_adj._ LEN'TOUS. [L. _lentus_,
slow.]
LENVOY, len-voi', _n._ a kind of postscript appended to a literary
composition: an envoy. [O. Fr. _l'envoi_.]
LEO, l[=e]'[=o], _n._ the Lion, the 5th sign of the zodiac.
LEONINE, l[=e]'o-n[=i]n, _adj._ of or like a lion.
LEONINE, l[=e]'o-n[=i]n, _adj._ a kind of Latin verse, generally alternate
hexameter and pentameter, rhyming at the middle and end. [From _Leoninus_,
a 12th-cent. canon in Paris; or from Pope _Leo_ II.]
LEOPARD, lep'ard, _n._ an animal of the cat kind, with a spotted skin, now
generally supposed to be identical with the panther:--_fem._ LEOP'ARDESS:
(_her._) a lion passant gardant. [O. Fr.,--L.,--Gr. _leopardos_--_le[=o]n_,
lion, _pardos_, pard.]
LEPER, lep'[.e]r, _n._ one affected with leprosy.--_adjs._ LEP'EROUS
(_Shak._), LEP'ROUS. [Fr.,--L.,--Gr. _lepra_--_lepros_, scaly--_lepos_, a
scale--_lepein_, to peel off.]