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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros [syn: Cupid, Amor]
2: a symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin Cupido Date: 14th century 1. the Roman god of erotic love — compare Eros 2. not capitalized a figure that represents Cupid as a naked usually winged boy often holding a bow and arrow

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 (in Roman mythology) the Roman god of love represented as a naked winged boy with a bow and arrows. 2 (also cupid) a representation of Cupid. Phrases and idioms: Cupid's bow the upper lip etc. shaped like the double-curved bow carried by Cupid. Etymology: ME f. L Cupido f. cupere desire

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cupid Cu"pid (k?"p?d), n . [L. Cupido, fr. cupido desire, desire of love, fr. cupidus. See Cupidity.] (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. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also Cupid(cupids) Cupid is the Roman god of love. He is usually shown as a baby boy with wings and a bow and arrow. N-PROPER • If you say that someone is playing cupid, you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship. ...the aristocrat who played Cupid to the Duke and Duchess. PHRASE

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see cupid

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A jeering name for an ugly blind man: Cupid, the god of love, being frequently painted blind. See BLIND CUPID.

Foolish Dictionary

A driver of sharp darts.

Foolish Dictionary

The son of Venus and the God of Love, who with bow and arrows punctured men's bosoms with the darts of admiration.

But now-a-days the arrow's not in it with a snug bathing suit or a decollette gown.

Moby Thesaurus

Agdistis, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Artemis, Astarte, Ate, Athena, Bacchus, Ceres, Cora, Cronus, Cybele, Demeter, Despoina, Diana, Dionysus, Dis, Eros, Freya, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Great Mother, Hades, Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hymen, Hyperion, Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur, Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kama, Kore, Kronos, Love, Magna Mater, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Mithras, Momus, Neptune, Nike, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus, Persephassa, Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto, Poseidon, Proserpina, Proserpine, Rhea, Saturn, Tellus, Venus, Vesta, Vulcan, Zeus