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Cu·pid (kyo̵̅o̅′pid)

noun

  1. Rom. Myth. the god of love, son of Venus: usually represented as a winged boy with bow and arrow and identified with the Greek Eros
  2. a representation of Cupid as a naked, winged cherub, as on a valentine

Etymology: ME & OFr Cupide < L Cupido < cupido, desire, passion < cupidus, eager, passionate < cupere, to desire < IE base *kup-, to boil, smoke, be disturbed > Gr kapnos, smoke

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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