Dictionary Check: adonis
"adonis" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
noun
annual or perennial herbs
noun
any handsome young man
noun
(Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone
Example:
"when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite"
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