Cupid
Also called Amor. the ancient Roman god of love and the son of either Mars or Mercury and Venus, identified with Eros and commonly represented as a winged, naked, infant boy with a bow and arrows.
(lowercase) a similar winged being, or a representation of one, especially as symbolic of love.
Origin of Cupid
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How to use Cupid in a sentence
A delicious marble Cupid appeared to have just alighted on his pedestal at the upper end of the room.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo she's planning on playing Cupid by inviting a number of her single male friends to Wills' birthday bash,' a source tells Now.
The same ginger-haired model served Caravaggio for his Amor Vincit Omnia, where Cupid stands astride an unmade bed.
His Cupid—which, like Veronica Mars, was critically adored yet underwatched—got canceled after one season in 1998.
R and I were introduced by a married couple who enjoyed playing Cupid for their pet bachelor, a junior I-banker.
A coquette is said to be an imperfect incarnation of Cupid, as she keeps her beau, and not her arrows, in a quiver.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousWhenever I come up against Cupid, experience has taught me to retire deferentially, and wait until the love-fever has abated.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxLater, he came on as Cupid with bow and arrow, and made some fine shots into a target representing a heart.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneySurely the Cupid bow of the thin Napoleonic lips was there, the distant yet piercing look.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete | Gilbert ParkerA sad little marble Cupid, with his bow and quiver gone, was still pirouetting in stony glee over a stained and dried-up basin.
Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2 | Ida May Hill Starr
British Dictionary definitions for Cupid
/ (ˈkjuːpɪd) /
the Roman god of love, represented as a winged boy with a bow and arrow: Greek counterpart: Eros
(not capital) any similar figure, esp as represented in Baroque art
Origin of Cupid
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Cultural definitions for Cupid
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