‖n. [ L., gr. Gr. 'A`dwnis. ] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A preëminently beautiful young man; a dandy. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceæ, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. ădōnāi my Lords. ] One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated “Jehovah” are really the vowel points of the word “Adonai.” See Jehovist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The doctrine of the Hedonic sect; the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle. [ wns=1 ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The ethical theory which finds the explanation and authority of duty in its tendency to give pleasure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who believes in hedonism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Hedonic, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London. [ 1913 Webster ]