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Adonis [əˈdəʊnɪs] n
1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a handsome youth loved by Aphrodite. Killed by a wild boar, he was believed to spend part of the year in the underworld and part on earth, symbolizing the vegetative cycle 2. a handsome young man [from Latin, via Greek Adōnis from Phoenician adōni my lord, a title of the god Tammuz; related to Hebrew Adonai] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| Infomercial Adonises pitch
elliptical trainers and recumbent cycles far more vigorously than Ronald
McDonald pitches McNuggets. Part II: Adonises in underwear: The new male beauty ideal,
articles originally appeared in The Boston Phoenix. A horde of
body-slapping cavemen suddenly shed their scraggly duds, transforming
themselves into a chorus line of bikini-clad Adonises. |
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