Leonid

[lee-uh-nid]

noun

Astronomy.

plural

Leonids, Leonides 

1. any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.

Leonid

/ ˈliːənɪd /

noun

1. any member of a meteor shower that is usually insignificant, but more spectacular every 33 years, and occurs annually in mid-November, appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo

Word History and Origins

Origin of Leonid¹

1875–80; < New Latin Leonidēs, equivalent to Latin Leōn- (stem of Leō ) Leo + -idēs -id ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of Leonid¹

C19: from New Latin Leōnidēs, from leō lion

Example Sentences

In the early 1980s, however, the leaders of the two superpowers of that time, Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev and President Ronald Reagan, teamed up to drive a knife through that particular fantasy.

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“These monsters have chosen to disgrace the most sacred thing—care for the families of fallen heroes!” lawmaker Leonid Slutsky said this summer.

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In March 2024, Leonid Volkov, a close aide of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was attacked outside his home in Vilnius, Lithuania.

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Another blogger, Leonid Shvets, responded sarcastically: "Thank you America! You have gone mad."

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By coincidence, Vlad had ordered poison from a Ukrainian seller called Leonid Zakutenko, just before the BBC exposed him.

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