Meaning of CUCKOLD
| Pronunciation: | | 'kukuld
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- [n] a man whose wife committed adultery
- [v] be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
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| | Synonyms: | | betray, cheat, cheat on, wander |
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| | See Also: | | cozen, deceive, delude, fool around, hubby, husband, lead on, married man, play around, twotime | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Cuck"old\ (k?k"?ld), n. [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. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A West Indian plectognath fish ({Ostracion
triqueter}).
(b) The cowfish.
\Cuck"old\, v. 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.
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