(n) (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone, Example:when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite

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Adonai

‖n. [ Heb. adōnāi, lit., my lord. ] A Hebrew name for God, usually translated in the Old Testament by the word “Lord”. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The later Jews used its vowel points to fill out the tetragrammaton Yhvh, or Ihvh, “the incommunicable name, ” and in reading substituted “Adonai”. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Adonean

a. [ L. Adonēus. ] Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic. “Fair Adonean Venus.” Faber. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adonic

a. [ F. adonique: cf. L. Adonius. ] Relating to Adonis, famed for his beauty. -- n. An Adonic verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adonic verse, a verse consisting of a dactyl and spondee (-- ˘ ˘ | -- --). [ 1913 Webster ]

Adonis

‖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 preëminently beautiful young man; a dandy. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceæ, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adonist

n. [ Heb. ădōnāi my Lords. ] One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated “Jehovah” are really the vowel points of the word “Adonai.” See Jehovist. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adonize

v. t. [ Cf. F. adoniser, fr. Adonis. ] To beautify; to dandify. [ 1913 Webster ]

I employed three good hours at least in adjusting and adonozing myself. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

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