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Apr 25, 2019
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adonis
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apollo
Apollo Crowning the Arts
Art: Nicolas-Guy Brenet, 1771
A.Word.A.Day
with Anu GargApollo
PRONUNCIATION:
(uh-PAHL-oh) 
MEANING:
noun: A strikingly handsome young man.
ETYMOLOGY:
After Apollo, the god of music, poetry, prophecy, healing, and more in Greek and Roman mythologies. He was considered the most beautiful god. See also: Apollonian.
USAGE:
“[Billy] is an Apollo, filled with goodness and innocence.”
R.M. Campbell; This ‘Billy’ Voyages into the Extraordinary; Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington); Jan 15, 2001.
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R.M. Campbell; This ‘Billy’ Voyages into the Extraordinary; Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington); Jan 15, 2001.
See more usage examples of Apollo in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
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