Leonid

[lee-uh-nid]

noun, plural Le·o·nids, Le·on·i·des

[lee-on-i-deez] /liˈɒn ɪˌdiz/. Astronomy.

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

Origin of Leonid

1875–80; < New Latin Leonidēs, equivalent to Latin Leōn- (stem of Leō) Leo + -idēs -id¹

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Contemporary Examples of leonid

Leonid, the owner of the hotel, whom we had met in the restaurant the night before, was fuming.
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Historical Examples of leonid

Leonid Plekhanov stared at his second in command, wet his thick lips.
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Dallas McCord Reynolds
"Leonid Plekhanov is no longer with us," Chessman said dourly.
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And there was even Leonid Shvernik and some of the others of the underground.
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Leonid Andreyev is the youngest and at the present time the most powerful dramatist of Russia.
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Preparations are already making for a more complete observation of the Leonid meteoric shower expected in 1899.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1898
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British Dictionary definitions for leonid

Leonid

noun plural Leonids or Leonides (lɪˈɒnɪˌdiːz)

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 Origin for Leonid

C19: from New Latin Leōnidēs, from leō lion

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