adonise
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, female, male, white
VERB + ADONISE
desired, flowers, house, proceeded, use
ADONISE + NOUN
complexion, johnson, shephe, tails
PREP.
in, notwithstanding
ADV.
indeed, then
Definitions
verb
To embellish or adorn, especially in order to improve the appearance of.
Delighted with each other......we rambled....arm in arm......about the citron groves;.......and, when a mossy bank invited our repose...my charmer would weave garlands of flowers to adonise her shepherd ; ..........recline upon my arm..... and to the gentle lullaby of a murmuring stream..... sink into forgetfulness
Formerly, if not exactly to the same extent at the present day, mineral substances were only made use of to adonise the complexion ; indeed, every composition is qualified with this name, whether it be white or red, which women, and even men (coxcombs), with a clear skin, subserve to embellish their faces, with a view to imitate the colours of youth, or artificially to repair the absence of them.
To enhance one's own appearance.
Leaving a breath to swell his tradesmen's books, To adonise, to smile, and kill with looks;
Since I parted with Darnley, who went in to adonise, I believe, Cameron has been hindering me with acknowledgments and regrets.
verb
Alternative form of adonise.
both male and female Adonise their tails in this manner, which gives them a remarkable appearance amongst all other birds.
He next tootled for half an hour upon a one-keyed flute, and then proceeded to Adonise. Notwithstanding all that some writers have said about a physical aristocracy, — an air of refinement,— which is perceptible under the veriest rags, I am entirely of the opinion, with Bob Acres in the Rivals, that dress "does make a difference."
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6Delighted with each other......we rambled....arm in arm......about the citron groves;.......and, when a mossy bank invited our repose...my charmer would weave garlands of flowers to adonise her shephe
WiktionaryFormerly, if not exactly to the same extent at the present day, mineral substances were only made use of to adonise the complexion ; indeed, every composition is qualified with this name, whether it b
WiktionaryOf all the looming Negroes that Lincoln could have brought into the White House to adonise his cause, Johnson had been his choice, with the scuttling train of a monitor lizard.
Wiktionaryboth male and female Adonise their tails in this manner, which gives them a remarkable appearance amongst all other birds.
WiktionaryHe next tootled for half an hour upon a one-keyed flute, and then proceeded to Adonise. Notwithstanding all that some writers have said about a physical aristocracy, — an air of refinement,— which is
WiktionaryAnd more — in the course of your acquaintauce with the Tantrums, you must have noticed, of a cold evening, when Tantrum desired to " Adonise," that he might be intensely agreeable to all beholders, an
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