ADONIS


Meaning of ADONIS in English

/euh don"is, euh doh"nis/ , n.

1. Class. Myth. 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.

2. a very handsome young man.

[ 1615-25 for def. 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .