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Cupid's Disease

Cupid's Disease is the alternative letter-case form of Cupid's disease.

Noun capitalized: Cupid's disease

Cupid's disease (uncountable)

  1. (dated, euphemistic) Synonym of syphilis.
    • "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...1985, Oliver Sacks, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
    • Post-syphilic syndrome is reputedly rather fun. You get to experience lots of luscious sexy sensations. That's why it's called Cupid's Disease.2006 May 10, Elixirbet, “how many STDs are there?”, in soc.sexuality.general (Usenet), retrieved 22 Apr 2022
    Synonyms:
    syphilis

Synonyms of Cupid's Disease

Forms of Cupid's Disease

alternative formCupid's Disease

Questions about Cupid's Disease

What does Cupid's Disease mean?
Cupid's Disease means synonym of syphilis.
What is Cupid's Disease the alternative letter-case form of?
Cupid's Disease is the alternative letter-case form of Cupid's disease.
What part of speech is Cupid's Disease?
Cupid's Disease is a noun.

Words near Cupid's Disease in the dictionary

  1. cupid
  2. Cupid's bow
  3. Cupid's bows
  4. Cupid's dart
  5. Cupid's delight
  6. Cupid's Disease
  7. Cupid-like
  8. Cupidian
  9. cupidical
  10. Cupidinian
  11. cupidinous

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