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Adonis
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A·don·is  (-dns, -dns)
n.
1. Greek Mythology A strikingly beautiful youth loved by Aphrodite.
2. often adonis A very handsome young man.

[Greek Adnis, of Phoenician origin; see d in Semitic roots.]

Adonis
Noun
a handsome young man [name of a handsome youth in Greek myth]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Adonisadonis - any handsome young man
adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
2.AdonisAdonis - annual or perennial herbs
magnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
Adonis annua, pheasant's-eye - Eurasian herb cultivated for its deep red flowers with dark centers
3.Adonis - (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"
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
daemon, demigod - a person who is part mortal and part god

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