pantherine

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Senta's was an almost pathetic and very obvious desire to be considered daring, pantherine, seductive, dangerous Jim, fancying he understood her perfectly, played into her hand.

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  1. Resembling a panther, as in coloration; pardine: as, the pantherine snake.

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  • Senta's was an almost pathetic and very obvious desire to be considered daring, pantherine, seductive, dangerous Jim, fancying he understood her perfectly, played into her hand. —  The Story of Julia Page
  • She wore the black blouse and skirt with which I have not yet been able to grow familiar, as it robbed her of the peculiar fascinating quality which I have tried to suggest by the word pantherine. —  Simon the Jester
  • I'm as lazy as a cat, "she said, settling with her pantherine grace among the cushions. —  Simon the Jester
  • What I mean is that he is pantherine in his movements -- more lithe and supple than most men are. " —  Brand Blotters
  • Even before he turned she recognized that pantherine grace and her heart lost a beat. —  The Highgrader
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  1. = French panthérin, from Latin pantherinus, of a panther, from panthera, a panther: see panther.
 

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