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With a roar that was almost lionlike in its ferocity, he again hurled himself at the man.

By its heartbreaking ending, “The Father” has taken us on a painful journey well worth taking, and reminded us that Hopkins — making his character vulnerable yet lionlike, fading away yet fighting to stay visible — is among the greatest of screen actors.

And who wouldn’t respond to a mask that culminates in a fierce lionlike mane made from layers of yarn, startling in blinding blue, or one of white crochet surrounded by gravity-defying hot-pink yarn tresses?

Then came Tsitsipas, who was also lionlike but who, with his strange vlogs and ever-present cameras, not to mention his variety of shots and delightful volleys, was refreshingly different.

At Miu Miu’s fall 2018 show, the model Naomi Chin Wing’s windswept bouffant gave her tailored trench coat a more casual feel, while at Valentino’s fall couture presentation, Fran Summers streamed down the runway with an exaggerated lionlike mane blown out around her face.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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