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Word: Adonis
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈdəʊnɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
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.
Short Definition:beautiful youth loved by Aphrodite and Persephone
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