noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of syphilis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, euphemistic, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: syphilis
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
Cupid's disease
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noun
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of Cupid's disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, dated, euphemistic, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: venereal disease, VD, venereal infection, social disease, Cupid's itch, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, STD
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: contagious disease, contagion
Narrower terms: genital herpes, herpes genitalis, gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, clap, granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum, syphilis, syph, pox, lues venerea, lues, lymphogranuloma venereum, LGV, lymphopathia venereum, chlamydia
History
Etymology
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