Cupid's disease
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Syphilis. dated, euphemistic, uncountable
""Yes, Cupid's Disease—syphilis, you know. I was in a brother in Salonika, nearly seventy years ago. I caught syphilis—lots of the girls had it—we called it Cupid's Disease. My husband saved me, took me out, had it treated. That was years before penicillin, of course. Could it have caught up with me after all these years?""
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Cupid's disease. alt-of, dated, euphemistic, uncountable
- 3 a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact wordnet
Example
More examples""Yes, Cupid's Disease—syphilis, you know. I was in a brother in Salonika, nearly seventy years ago. I caught syphilis—lots of the girls had it—we called it Cupid's Disease. My husband saved me, took me out, had it treated. That was years before penicillin, of course. Could it have caught up with me after all these years?""