adonis
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• noun
An extremely handsome and physically well-built young man (often capitalized).
"The sculptor modeled the marble statue after a local athlete who had the physique of an Adonis."
In Greek mythology, a mortal youth of remarkable beauty who was loved by the goddess Aphrodite and killed by a wild boar (capitalized).
"Classical poets frequently retold the tragic myth of Venus and Adonis."
Any Eurasian herbaceous flowering plant of the genus Adonis in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), commonly known as pheasant's-eye, having finely divided feathery leaves and solitary, cup-shaped red, yellow, or orange blossoms.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Adonis, from Ancient Greek Adonis, which was adapted from the Phoenician title 'adon' meaning 'lord'. In classical Greek mythology, Adonis was a mortal youth of extraordinary beauty loved by the goddess Aphrodite, and his blood after being gored by a wild boar was said to have sprung into the crimson pheasant's-eye flower.