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Definition
Roman mythology: god of love; a small, winged boy whose arrows make those struck fall in love
- It was a passable likeness, and the artist perceived one not very obvious aspect of the sitter's countenance-its mischief, an amused, babyish malice that suggested some unkind cupid aiming envenomed arrows.2 — Persons Unknown (53% in)
- Here was a picture of the two together bathing naked in a diamond-watered Colorado creek, the brother, a pot-bellied, sun-blackened cupid, clutching his sister's hand and giggling, as though the tumbling stream contained ghostly tickling fingers.3 — Answer (28% in)
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