- (n.) A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.
- (n.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.
- (n.) A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "adonis" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/adonis/definitions/1971109> |