Defn: A youth.
ADONAI
Ad`o*na"i, n. [Heb. adonai, lit., my lord.]
Defn: A Hebrew name for God, usually translated in the Old Testament by the word "Lord".
The later Jews used its vowel points to fill out the tetragrammaton
Yhvh, or Ihvh, "the incommunicable name," and in reading substituted
"Adonai".
ADONEAN
Ad`o*ne"an, a. Etym: [L. Adon.]
Defn: Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic. "Fair Adonean Venus." Faber.
ADONIC
A*don"ic, a. Etym: [F. adonique: cf. L. Adonius.]
Defn: Relating to Adonis, famed for his beauty.
— n.
Defn: An Adonic verse. Adonic verse, a verse consisting of a dactyl and spondee.
ADONIS
A*do"nis, n. Etym: [L., gr. Gr.