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Meanings of adonis in English

Portuguese
adônis
Catalan
adonis

Annual or perennial herbs.

adônis
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Usage of adonis in English
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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She was supposed to network with this Adonis, not jump his bones.
A fare to remember: just whistle\driven to distraction\taken for...
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Translations for adonis
Portuguese
adônisadonis
Adonis through the time