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Meanings of adonis in anglès

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adônis
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adonis

Annual or perennial herbs.

        adonis
        Usage of adonis in anglès
        1
        He had a dark brown adonis, and a cloak of black cloth, with a train of five yards.
        The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
        2
        Against that backdrop, Adonis said rail should take priority over air travel.
        The Guardian
        3
        Milton alludes to the story of Venus and Adonis in his Comus:
        Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
        4
        Among the Greeks we have the Goddess Aphrodite and the God Adonis.
        The Necessity of Atheism
        5
        The Sun as Adonis was worshipped in Byblos and about Mount Libanus.
        Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
        6
        At first Rocky refuses, but Adonis won't take no for an answer.
        The Guardian
        7
        Adonis and Apollo of the Greeks are personifications of the Sun, 594-u.
        Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
        8
        He's the Adonis of the rostrum, the Apollo Belvidere of the bema.
        The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12
        9
        Even his pen-name, Adonis, shows how closely linked they have always been.
        The Guardian
        10
        Hunger, felt or feared, was the mainspring of the worship of Adonis.
        The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion
        11
        Venus And Adonis, in particular, was a big hit in its time.
        The Irish Times
        12
        Jones, you might at this instant sit for the picture of Adonis.
        History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
        13
        According to the one he was killed by a boar, like Adonis.
        The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion
        14
        Do you mean that old Adonis in the George the Fourth wig?
        Daniel Deronda
        15
        He explores the dynamics of this father-son relationship between Adonis and Balboa.
        Ebony
        16
        She was supposed to network with this Adonis, not jump his bones.
        A fare to remember: just whistle\driven to distraction\taken for...
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for adonis
        portuguès
        adônisadonis
        Adonis through the time