Cupid is the Roman god of love. He is usually shown as a young boy with wings and a bow and arrow.
See play cupid
2. countable noun
A cupid is a picture or statue of a pretty little boy with wings, often holding a bow and arrow.
I would like my wedding cake decorated with cupids.
Cupid in British English
(ˈkjuːpɪd)
noun
1.
the Roman god of love, represented as a winged boy with a bow and arrow
Greek counterpart: Eros
2. (not capital)
any similar figure, esp as represented in Baroque art
Word origin
C14: from Latin Cupīdō, from cupīdō desire, from cupidus desirous; see cupidity
Cupid in American English
(ˈkjupɪd)
noun
1. Roman Mythology
the god of love, son of Venus: usually represented as a winged boy with bow and arrow and identified with the Greek Eros
2. [c-]
a representation of Cupid as a naked, winged cherub, as on a valentine
Word origin
ME & OFr Cupide < L Cupido < cupido, desire, passion < cupidus, eager, passionate < cupere, to desire < IE base *kup-, to boil, smoke, be disturbed > Gr kapnos, smoke
Examples of 'Cupid' in a sentence
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Now come on, Little Miss Cupid, let's go and get some clean clothes from the other room, then we can have our bath.
MacNeill, Alastair THE DEVIL'S DOOR
Some were on their hands and knees around sparkling fountains with small statues of Cupid and Neptune and Venus at their centers.
Andrews, Virginia WEB OF DREAMS
Open sores spotted her lips, and when she spread her mouth to scream, her Cupid 's bow split, spilling blood down her chin.
Gregg Andrew Hurwitz DO NO HARM (2002)
Word lists with
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All related terms of 'cupid'
play cupid
If you say that someone is playing cupid , you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship.
Cupid's bow
a shape of the upper lip considered to resemble Cupid's double-curved bow
cupid's dart
any of the hardy perennial genus Catananche , from S Europe; some, esp C. caerulea, are grown for their blue-and-white flowers that can be dried as winter decoration : family Asteraceae
Cupid's arrow
one of the arrows that Cupid is supposed to fire from his bow , which cause the person struck to fall in love
to play cupid
If you say that someone is playing cupid , you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship .
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Definition
the Roman god of love, represented as a winged boy with a bow and arrow