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cupidical

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to erotic love.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 1620, John Florio (attributed translator), The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, London: Isaac Jaggard, Day 4, [p. 151b], [...] the Friar hearing his Cupidicall visitations ouer-publikely discouered, purposed to check and reproue Lisetta for her indiscretion.
  • 1770, Ignatius Sancho, letter to Mr. K—, in Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, London: J. Nichols, 3rd edition, 1784, p. 25, I don’t wonder the cricket-match yielded no amusement—all sport is dull, books unentertaining—Wisdom’s self but folly—to a mind under Cupidical influence.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Cupid + -ical.