1 the Roman god of love who is shown as a beautiful baby boy with wings, carrying a BOW and arrow:
Cupid had at last managed to lodge an arrow in his stony heart.
2 (cupid) [C] a picture or statue of a baby boy who looks like Cupid:
little cupids painted in the clouds on the ceiling
IDIOMS
play Cupid to try to start a romantic relationship between two people:
Sandy has played Cupid to dozens of couples since she set up a dating agency six years ago.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is Cupid a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, Cupid is tagged as noun.
Does Cupid appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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