Cupid's disease

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Cupid's disease¹

noun Cupid's Disease

  1. dated, euphemistic, uncountable 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

    Similar: syphilis

Cupid's Disease²

noun

  1. dated, euphemistic, uncountable Alternative letter-case form of Cupid's disease

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@misc{cupid_s_disease_2026,
  title = {Cupid's disease},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cupid's%20disease},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}