Cupid \Cu"pid\ (k?"p?d), n . [L. Cupido, fr. cupido desire, desire of love, fr. cupidus. See Cupidity.]

(Rom. Myth.) The god of love, son of Venus; usually represented as a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow.

Pretty dimpled boys, like smiling cupids. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)