Cupid's bow
Americannoun
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a classical bow Cupid is traditionally pictured as bearing.
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a line or shape resembling this, especially the line of the upper lip.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Cupid's bow
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Caricatures are a shorthand for the physical traits that make stars distinctive: Angela Lansbury’s immense Tweety Bird eyes, for example, or Bernadette Peters’s Cupid’s bow mouth.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2021
ROMEO: Soft, speak not of human follies when Cupid’s bow aims true.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2016
Its most distinctive effect is clearly shown in Peter's portrait, his curvy Cupid's bow lips.
From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2011
She has ash-blonde hair, a Cupid's bow mouth, the heavy eyelids of a dreamer, wide, dark, unplucked eyebrows, and a soft round face.
From Time Magazine Archive
Short and pudgy, with a Cupid’s bow mouth.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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