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cuckold Definition

cuck·old (kuk′əld)

noun

a man whose wife has committed adultery

Etymology: ME cokewold < OFr cucuault < cucu (see cuckoo): said to be in allusion to the female bird's habit of changing mates

transitive verb

to make a cuckold of

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cuckold Usage Examples

Object

  • husband: We romp through tales of sex and death - lusty nuns and priests, cuckolded husbands, murdered lovers, and grave-robbers.
  • man: The possibly apocryphal story is that King John was discovered in the act of cuckolding a man of modest means.