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Adonic

adj

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).

  1. derived from Ἄδωνις

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to Adonis.

  2. Very beautiful or handsome

    Very beautiful or handsome; physically perfect.

    • The actor was not considered attractive enough to play such an Adonic character.

  3. having a dactyl followed by either a spondee or a trochee.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A verse consisting of a dactyl and spondee.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Adonic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA