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UK
/ædˈəʊniz/
]
[ US /əˈdɑnəs/ ]
[ US /əˈdɑnəs/ ]
NOUN
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(Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone
when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite - annual or perennial herbs
How To Use Adonis In A Sentence
- Adonis _Adonis_ apropos _apropo_ bowsprit _bowsprit_ brooch _broch_ not _broosh_ compromise _compromize_ jowl _jol_, not like _owl_ molecular _molecular_ ogle _ogle_ trow _tro_ vocable _vocable_ zoology _zoology_, not _zoo_ Practical Grammar and Composition
- The name Adonis is not here used, as Adon is the appropriated title of Jehovah. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
- She elopes with her 19-year-old ‘Adonis’, Charles, to a convenient public house in Chelsea, where she finally surrenders her maidenhead.
- Adonis _Adonis_ apropos _apropo_ bowsprit _bowsprit_ brooch _broch_ not _broosh_ compromise _compromize_ jowl _jol_, not like _owl_ molecular _molecular_ ogle _ogle_ trow _tro_ vocable _vocable_ zoology _zoology_, not _zoo_ Practical Grammar and Composition
- Adonis-in-bag adjusted his polished all-rounder with a delicately gloved finger, and declared that the painter was "a jol-ly fel-low. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858
- Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece are discourses, sequent and complementary, on sex.
- Adonis amurensis is perennial herb, Its roots are nearly primary structure in the whole life, Primary Xylems of main root and lateral roots of one year seedling are diarch.
- I look round, expecting to see some six foot Adonis with a winning smile and an easy charm.
- Every "Adonis" potato is inoculated for wireworm before leaving our grounds. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 14, 1917
- It is true that the title strictly signified no more than "lord"; yet the legends which connect these Cyprian princes with the goddess of love make it probable that they claimed the divine nature as well as the human dignity of Adonis. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion