[Ā duō ní sī, ㄚ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄋㄧˊ ㄙ, 阿多尼斯] Adonis, figure in Greek mythology #244,106[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (8 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Adonis \A*do"nis\ ([.a]*d[=o]"n[i^]s), n. [L., gr. Gr.
'A`dwnis.]
1. (Gr. Myth.) A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He
was killed in the chase by a wild boar.
[1913 Webster]
2. A pre["e]minently beautiful young man; a dandy.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the family {Ranunculace[ae]},
containing the pheasant's eye ({Adonis autumnalis}); --
named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained
the flower.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adonis
n 1: any handsome young man
2: annual or perennial herbs [syn: {Adonis}, {genus Adonis}]
3: (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite
and Persephone; "when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should
spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend
summers with Aphrodite"
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]:
ADONIS
ADvanced On-Screen Information System, "AdonIS"
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
Adonis /adoni/
Adonis
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
adonis /adoni/
adonis; pheasant's eye
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
adonis /adonis/
pheasant'seye
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
Adonis /adonis/
Adonis
From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]:
Adonis
Adonis
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