adonis
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 6
/əˈdəʊ.nɪs/(UK)
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/əˈdəʊ.nɪs/(UK) · /əˈdɒn.ɪs/(UK) · /əˈdɑn.ɪs/(US) · /əˈdoʊ.nɪs/(US)
Definition of adonis
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
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(Greek)A beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite.
“The Phœnician Adonis was identical with Tammūz.”
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name
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(Greek)A beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite.
“The Phœnician Adonis was identical with Tammūz.”
- (rare)A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.
noun
- A beautiful man.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).
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