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Adonis

[uh-don-is, uh-doh-nis]

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Classical Mythology.��a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
a very handsome young man.

Adonis

/ əˈ��əʊ��ɪ�� /

Greek myth a handsome youth loved by Aphrodite. Killed by a wild boar, he was believed to spend part of the year in the underworld and part on earth, symbolizing the vegetative cycle
a handsome young man

Adonis

In classical mythology, an extremely beautiful boy who was loved by Aphrodite, the goddess of love.

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By extension, an “Adonis” is any handsome young man.

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Origin of Adonis¹

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Origin of Adonis¹

C16: from Latin, via Greek ��ō�Ծ�� from Phoenician ��ō�Ծ� my lord, a title of the god Tammuz; related to Hebrew _Adonai

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The erratic spring weather disrupted some wildlife species including the rare Adonis blue butterfly.

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Three years later, then transport secretary Lord Adonis promised a portion of a £50m improvement fund.

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His manager, Adonis Smith, had turned to the players in the dugout when Rintaro came to bat and said to admire the moment.

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"Dear Adonis, I'm sorry that that man is your father," he raps in the opening bars.

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Princess Williams, whose son Adonis often stays for about two hours after dismissal, said the program had made her family’s life much easier.

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