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Adonic

Adonic adjective: of or pertaining to Adonis.

Adjective

Adonic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Adonis.
  2. Very beautiful or handsome; physically perfect.
    • The actor was not considered attractive enough to play such an Adonic character.
  3. (meter, verse) having a dactyl followed by either a spondee or a trochee.

Noun

Adonic (plural Adonics)

  1. A verse consisting of a dactyl and spondee.

Forms of Adonic

pluralAdonics

Origin of Adonic

From Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).

Questions about Adonic

What does Adonic mean?
Adonic means of or pertaining to Adonis.
What part of speech is Adonic?
Adonic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Adonic in the dictionary

  1. Adonai
  2. Adonara
  3. Adonean
  4. Adonia
  5. Adonian
  6. Adonic
  7. Adonica
  8. Adonics
  9. Adonides
  10. adonidin
  11. adonifoline

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