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adonis
UK /əˈdəʊ.nɪs/ US /əˈdɑn.ɪs/
name 5noun 1
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4ADJ.
identical
ADONIS + NOUN
he's
PREP.
in, with
ADV.
certainly
Definitions
name
1
A beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite.
The Phœnician Adonis was identical with Tammūz.
1900, James Frazer, The Golden Bough, Chapter 42: Osiris and the Sun, A strong reason for interpreting the death of Osiris as the decay of vegetation rather than as the sunset is to be found in the general, though not unanimous, voice of antiquity, which classed together the worship and myths of Osiris, Adonis, Attis, Dionysus, and Demeter, as religions of essentially the same type. The consensus of ancient opinion on this subject seems too great to be rejected as a mere fancy. So closely did the rites of Osiris resemble those of Adonis at Byblus that some of the people of Byblus themselves maintained that it was Osiris and not Adonis whose death was mourned by them.
2
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
3
A surname.
4
An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri, United States.
5
An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.
noun
1
A beautiful man.
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The Phœnician Adonis was identical with Tammūz.
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1900, James Frazer, The Golden Bough, Chapter 42: Osiris and the Sun, A strong reason for interpreting the death of Osiris as the decay of vegetation rather than as the sunset is to be found in the ge
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1921, Jessie Weston, From Ritual to Romance, Chapter X: The Secret of the Grail (1) - The Mysteries, As Sir J. G. Frazer has before now pointed out, there are parallel and over-lapping forms of this c
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There are four fountains with statues of Neptune, his wife Amphitrite, Diana and Adonis in the Market Square.
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Tom is not an Adonis but he's certainly very attractive as he gets out of his Lamborghini in his Armani suit.
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