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Adonis|əˈdəʊnɪs|
[Gr. prop. name; ad. Phœn. adōn lord; title of a Phœnician divinity; in Heb. a name of God.]
1. A beautiful or handsome young man.
1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. ii. ii. 21 My Master..made me another Adonis, in the neatnesse and gallantry of my cloathes, and delicacie of Perfumes. 1624Massinger Parl. Love ii. ii, A leper,..in respect of thee, Appears a young Adonis. 1765Tucker Lt. Nat. I. 457 Two such Adonises talking so sweetly of our reciprocal passion! 1768Tucker Lt. Nat. II. i. xxiii. 225 How it would divert our ladies below to hear two such Adonises talking so sweetly of our reciprocal passion! a1800Cowper On Female Inconstancy, She who call'd thee once her pretty one, And her Adonis, now inquires thy name. 1888Gunter Mr. Potter of Texas viii, George! in a month this chap 'll be an Adonis.
†2. A particular kind of wig. Obs.
1760H. Walpole quoted in Blackw. Mag. III. 167 He had a dark brown adonis and a cloak of black cloth. 1775Graves Spir. Quix. iii. xix. (D.) A fine flowing adonis or white periwig.
3. A genus of plants, family Ranunculaceæ, of which the common species is called Pheasant's Eye.
1597Gerarde Herball lxxiv. §2. 310 The red flower of Adonis groweth wilde in the west parts of Englande among their corne. 1741Compl. Fam.-Piece ii. iii. 358 Fennel-leav'd perennial Adonis. 1861Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. I. 14 Adonis (Pheasants' eye)..Name from ‘Adonis’..whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.
4. A species of butterfly (Polyommatus Adonis), also known as the Mazarine or Clifden Blue. |