About The Word Adonis
Learn about the word Adonis to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Adonis definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Adonis
| Adonis Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Adonis?
[n] (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by Aphrodite, the goddess of love
[n] any handsome young man [n] annual or perennial herbs Synonyms | Synonyms for Adonis: genus Adonis Related Terms | Find terms related to Adonis: See Also | Adonis annua | adult male | buttercup family | crowfoot family | daemon | demigod | family Ranunculaceae | magnoliid dicot genus | man | pheasant's-eye | Ranunculaceae Adonis In Webster's Dictionary \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.
2. A pre["e]minently beautiful young man; a dandy.
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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Petaurista petaurista ‐ East Indian…
- Wallace stevens ‐ United States poet…
- Crosstie ‐ one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track;…
- Whitish ‐ tending toward white [adj] resembling milk in color or cloudiness;…
- Lepista irina ‐ an edible agaric with large silky white caps and…
- Ponka ‐ the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca people [n] a member of…
- Moss green ‐ of a moderate somewhat dull…
- Navy base ‐ base of operations for a…
- Mary ii ‐ Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; she was the eldest…
- Monopolization ‐ domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion…