"Adonis" is a word in ENGLISH
A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in
the chase by a wild boar.
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.
A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
I see that I've become a really bad correspondent. It's not that I don't think of you. You come into my thoughts often. But when you do it appears to me that I owe you a particularly grand letter. And so you end in the "warehouse of good intentions": "Can't do it now." "Then put it on hold." This is one's strategy for coping with old age, and with death--because one can't die with so many obligations in storage. Our clever species, so fertile and resourceful in denying its weaknesses.
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Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic.
Read the complete definitionRelating to Adonis, famed for his beauty.
Read the complete definitionA plant with a small bright flower, as the Adonis or pheasant's eye, the mealy primrose (Primula farinosa), and species …
Read the complete definitionsalwag n k. o. ornamental palm similar to the areca palm: Adoni-dia merrillii.
Read the complete definitionA deity among the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual lamentation. This deity has …
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