Adonean

English

Adjective

Adonean (comparative more Adonean, superlative most Adonean)

1. Of or pertaining to Adonis.
   • 1648, Robert Baron, Erotopaignion, Or The Cyprian Academy:

     My teares shall raine upon his grave to make the gentle earth beare some Adonean, or rather Antiomerean flowre, which shall beare his name and memory.

Synonyms

• Adonic

References

• “Adonean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.