ADONIS
\adˈə͡ʊniz], \adˈəʊniz], \a_d_ˈəʊ_n_i_z]\
Definitions of ADONIS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.
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A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
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A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.
By Oddity Software
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A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.
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A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
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A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (autumnalis); - named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.
By Noah Webster.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
