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Webster 1913 Edition
Cuckold
Cuck′old
(k?k′?ld)
, Noun.
[OE.
kukeweld
, cokewold
, cokold
, fr. OF. coucoul
, cucuault
, the last syllable being modified by the OE. suffix -wold
(see Herald
); cf. F. cocu
a cuckold, formerly also, a cuckoo, and L. cuculus
a cuckoo. The word alludes to the habit of the female cuckoo, who lays her eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them.] 1.
A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress.
Shak.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
A West Indian plectognath fish (
Ostracion triqueter
). (b)
The cowfish.
Cuck′old
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cuckolded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cuckolding
.] To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress.
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cuckold
CUCKOLD
,Noun.
CUCKOLD
,Verb.
T.
1.
To make a man a cuckold by criminal conversation with his wife; applied to the seducer.2.
To make a husband a cuckold by criminal conversation with another man; applied to the wife.Definition 2024
cuckold
cuckold
English
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Ca. 1815 French satire on cuckoldry, which shows both men and women wearing horns.
Noun
cuckold (plural cuckolds)
- A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
- 1546, François Rabelais, The Third Book, Chapter 36
- If I never marry, I shall never be a cuckold.
- 1546, François Rabelais, The Third Book, Chapter 36
- A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus.
- The cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species.
Quotations
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:cuckold.
Synonyms
- (Rhinesomus triqueter): Ostracion triqueter, smooth trunkfish
Hyponyms
- (a man married to an unfaithful wife): wittol, mari complaisant
Derived terms
Related terms
- horner (“one who cuckolds”)
Translations
man married to an unfaithful wife
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Verb
cuckold (third-person singular simple present cuckolds, present participle cuckolding, simple past and past participle cuckolded)
- (transitive) To make a cuckold of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing his wife.
- 2008, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content 1319: The Flimsiest of Logic
- Hey, I would never cuckold one of my friends. That’s way not cool.
- 2008, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content 1319: The Flimsiest of Logic
Quotations
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:cuckold.
Translations
make a cuckold
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