adonises

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• Adonises — A·do·nis || É™ dəʊnɪs n. young person loved by Aphrodite and Persephone who was killed by a wild boar while hunting and is allowed to spend 4 months every year with Aphrodite and 4 months with Persephone and 4 months anywhere he chooses… …   English contemporary dictionary

• adonises — A·do·nis || É™ dəʊnɪs n. very handsome and attractive young man …   English contemporary dictionary

• Adonis — ( el. Άδωνης, also: Άδωνις) is a figure of West Semitic origin, where he is a central cult figure in various mystery religions, who enters Greek mythology in Hellenistic times. [The standard modern survey and repertory is W. Atallah, Adonis dans… …   Wikipedia

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• Adonis — UK [əˈdəʊnɪs] / US [əˈdɑnɪs] noun [countable] Word forms Adonis : singular Adonis plural Adonises a very attractive young man • Etymology: From the name of a very beautiful young man in ancient Greek stories …   English dictionary

• WEST, MAE — (1893–1980), U.S. actress, writer, and singer. Born Mary Jane West in Brooklyn, New York, to John P. West and Matilda Delker Dolger, a German Jewish model and dressmaker, at seven West was winning talent shows. A year later she joined Hal… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism