Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cupidical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cu-pidi-cal
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to erotic love.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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."
"[…] the largest square or park in Cairo, the Esbekeyah […] where […] all kinds of intrigues, political, cupidical, and otherwise, are carried on."

Etymology

From Cupid + -ical.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Cupid

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more cupidical (comparative) most cupidical (superlative)

Questions

What does cupidical mean?: Of or relating to erotic love.
Where does cupidical come from?: From Cupid + -ical.

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