cornuto

[kawr-noo-toh, -nyoo-]

noun

plural

cornutos 

1. a cuckold.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cornuto¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Italian: literally, one who is horned < Latin cornūtus horned. See cornute

Example Sentences

He didn't know the man, who was ordered killed after calling a Bonanno family member a cornuto, or cuckold.

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Glass windows open onto the street where other local businesses like Bluebird Ice Cream, Caffe Vita and Cornuto Pizza line the block.

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Narrow and compact, Cornuto wedges in a small bar, several mini-booths and — buon appetito! — a traditional, white-tiled Neapolitan pizza oven.

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The mocking songs gained force, and Girolamo began to be known as Cornuto, the Man of Horns.

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This gag got by every one in the Studio, who apparently knew as little about cornuto as I did, and would have appeared in our finished picture but for your illuminating article.

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