cuckold
A man married to an adulterous spouse, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of…A man married to an adulterous spouse, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
» Has Mary cuckolded Tom?
Meaning
5 sensesA man married to an adulterous spouse, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
Gehörnter, Hahnrei, Hornträger
рога́тыйrogátyj, куко́лдkukóld
рогоно́сецьrohonósecʹ, рога́тийrohátyj
A man who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner.
A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus triqueter.
The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species.
Synonym of fringed filefish.
- a man whose wife committed adultery
Examples
9 sentencesHas Mary cuckolded Tom?
You are a cuckold.
The baroness cuckolded the baron.
deDie Freifrau setzte dem Freiherrn Hörner auf.
Don’t cut the cuckold’s cock.
A cuckold is a person who shares a bosom with at least one other person.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English cokolde, cokewold, cockewold, kukwald, kukeweld, from Old French cucuaFrom Middle English cokolde, cokewold, cockewold, kukwald, kukeweld, from Old French cucuault; a compound of cucu (“cuckoo”) and Old French -auld. The word references the behavior of cuckoo birds where they lay their eggs in another bird’s nest. Cucu is either a directly derived onomatopoeic derivative of the cuckoo's call, or from Latin cucūlus. Latin cucūlus is a compound of onomatopoeic cucu (compare Late Latin cucus) and the diminutive suffix -ulus.
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