Origin: 1200-1300 Old French leupart, from Late Latin leopardus, from Greek leon lion + pardos leopard
1 a large animal of the cat family, with yellow fur and black spots, which lives in Africa and South Asia2a leopard can’t change its spots used to say that people cannot change their character [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French leupart, from Late Latin leopardus, from Greek leon lion + pardos leopard]