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(1):

(n.) A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.

(2):

(n.) A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.

(3):

(n.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); - named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Adonis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/adonis.html. 1828.
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