Word
Adonis
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
a-do-nis
Definition
- n. - A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in
the chase by a wild boar.
- n. - A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
- 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.
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