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adonis
/əˈdɑn.ɪs/
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What does adonis mean?
noun
- A beautiful man.
proper noun
- A beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite.
- A surname.
More meanings (3)
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.
- (rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈdɑn.ɪs/
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Another evidence of the connection between the Greeks, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Atlanteans is shown in the name of Adonis.
The Phrygian Attis and the Syrian Adonis, as represented in monuments of ancient art, are androgynous personifications of the same attributes.
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Shakespeare pronounced “Venus and Adonis” “the first heir of his invention,” apparently implying that it was his first effort at literary composition.
This officer, though in his person as handsome as Absalom, or the blooming Adonis, was as destitute of soul as a monkey.
He was a handsome fellow, clean limbed and powerful, with an intelligent face and features of such exquisite chiselling that Adonis himself might have envied him.