cuckoldry

Variant of cuckold

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

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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