HIGH vocabulary

Adonic

Having an exceptionally handsome, youthful, and well-proportioned male physique

Example

"The sculptor selected an adonic model whose classical proportions suited the statue of the sun god."

Etymology

From Greek 'Adonis', a youth of remarkable beauty favored by Aphrodite.

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