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Adonis

Syllabification: (A·don·is)

Greek Mythology
Definition of Adonis
  • a beautiful youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone. He was killed by a boar, but Zeus decreed that he should spend the winter of each year in the underworld with Persephone and the summer months with Aphrodite.
  • (as noun an Adonis) an extremely handsome young man.

Adonis in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Adonis in the British & World English dictionary