lionhood

English

Etymology

From 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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.