Lexicographical Neighbors of Adonise
Literary usage of Adonise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Marriage: A Novel by Susan Ferrier (1825)
"exclaimed Sir Sampson, bowing with an air of gallantry: " and now I must go and
adonise a little myself." The company then separated to perform the ..."
2. Wanderings in South America, the North West of the United States, and the by Charles Waterton (1852)
"... and cuts away the -web on both sides of the shaft, making a gap about an inch
long : both male and female adonise their tails in this manner, ..."
3. The Nineteenth Century (1898)
"He had given Ronsard full particulars about the splendid way in which Elizabeth
loved to dress and ' adonise' herself, to mix gold and pearls with her ..."
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