"Adonic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|Ἄδωνις}} Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Adonic (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to Adonis. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Adonic-en-adj-3cC40uBm
  2. (of a man) Very beautiful or handsome; physically perfect. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-Adonic-en-adj-4OKTk--F Disambiguation of Appearance: 0 79 3 18
  3. (meter, verse) having a dactyl followed by either a spondee or a trochee. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Adonic-en-adj-FGEAizcw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 46 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 3 46 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 4 49 46 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 1 6 42 51

Noun [English]

Forms: Adonics [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|Ἄδωνις}} Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Adonic (plural Adonics)
  1. (poetry) A verse consisting of a dactyl and spondee. Categories (topical): Poetry
    Sense id: en-Adonic-en-noun-Aw9UWaOx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 46 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 3 46 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 4 49 46 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 1 6 42 51 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing

Inflected forms

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