Adonise

adonise adonisé English Verb en adonise. en Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 Charles Waterton; B. Fellows 1828 both male and female Adonise their tails in this manner, which gives them a remarkable appearance amongst all other birds. en The Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany - Volume 4 1845 422 He next tootled for half an hour upon a one-keyed flute, and then proceeded to Adonise. Notwithstanding all that some writers have said about a physical aristocracy, — an air of refinement,— which is perceptible under the veriest rags, I am entirely of the opinion, with Bob Acres in the Rivals, that dress "does make a difference." en Graham's Magazine - Volumes 28-29 George R. Graham; Edgar Allan Poe 75 1846 And more — in the course of your acquaintauce with the Tantrums, you must have noticed, of a cold evening, when Tantrum desired to " Adonise," that he might be intensely agreeable to all beholders, and " lovelily dreadful" to the ladies, that "that razor" would cut his chin in defiance of all he could do to the contrary; en The Sporting review John William Carleton 1848 1 You swear — you reprobate, so you do — when your bootmaker seeks to Adonise your instep, or the pine you patronized over night quarrels with your coffee in the morning. Anagrams en adeinos Oneidas anodise iodanes