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Webster 1913 Edition
Cupid
Cu′pid
(k?′p?d)
, Noun.
(Rom. Myth.)
The god of love, son of Venus; usually represented as a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow.
Pretty dimpled boys, like smiling
cupids
. Shakespeare
Definition 2024
Cupid
Cupid
A cupid motif.
See also: cupid
English
Proper noun
Cupid
- (Roman mythology) The god of love, son of Venus; sometimes depicted as a cherub (a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow). The Roman counterpart of Eros.
- The myth of Cupid and Psyche was one of the most influential romances in European culture.
- (poetic) Sudden love or desire; the personification of falling in love
- He was just walking down the street minding his own business when Cupid struck.
- (astronomy) A moon of Uranus
- Cupid is so small and far away that it can only be seen with the Hubble Space Telescope.
- A reindeer of Santa Claus.
Derived terms
Translations
god of love, son of Venus
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reindeer of Santa Claus
Anagrams
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cupid
See also: Cupid
English
Noun
cupid (plural cupids)
- A putto carrying a bow and arrow, representing Cupid or love.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess:
- The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
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