meaning of adonis
1. A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.
2. A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
3. A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasants eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.
4. Greek mythology a handsome youth loved by Aphrodite, the goddess of love
Related Words
adonis | adonis annua | adonist |
