Cupid
noun /ˈkjuːpɪd/
/ˈkjuːpɪd/
Idioms - 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.
- cupid[countable] a picture or statue of a baby boy who looks like Cupid
- little cupids painted in the clouds on the ceiling
Word Originfrom Latin Cupido, personification of cupido ‘love, desire’, from cupere ‘to desire’.
Idioms
play Cupid
- to try to start a romantic relationship between two people
- She played Cupid to her two best friends when she set them up on a date together.