ADONIS

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.

2.
n.

A preëminently beautiful young man; a dandy.

3.
n.

A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceæ, containing the pheasaut's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.


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