Both Uses of
Cupid
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Their mouths were pouty little cupid's bows.†
p. 107.2 *Cupid = Roman mythology: god of love
- The dresser in my room was covered with little porcelain white women holding parasols, china dogs, fat-bellied cupids and blown-glass animals of every persuasion.†
p. 228.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(Cupid) Roman mythology: god of love; a small, winged boy whose arrows make those struck fall in love
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In earlier Greek mythology, Cupid was strikingly handsome.