01 n. A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.
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A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.(Gr. Myth.)
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A preëminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
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A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceæ, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.(Bot.)