Definition of Adonis

Noun: adonis  u'dow-nis or u'dó-nis

  1. Any handsome young man
Noun: Adonis  u'dow-nis or u'dó-nis
  1. Annual or perennial herbs
    - genus Adonis
     
  2. (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone
    "when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite"

See also:
Adonic
adonises

Anagrams containing the word adonis

aindso sadoni isadon nisado onisad donisa