cuckold
[ kuhk-uhld ]
/ ˈkʌk əld /
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noun
the husband of an unfaithful wife.
verb (used with object)
to make a cuckold of (a husband).
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Origin of cuckold
1200–50; Middle English cukeweld, later cok(k)ewold, cukwold<Anglo-French *cucuald (compare Middle French cucuault), equivalent to Old French cocucuckoo + -ald,-alt pejorative suffix (see ribald); apparently originally applied to an adulterer, in allusion to the cuckoo's habit of laying its eggs in other birds' nests
OTHER WORDS FROM cuckold
cuck·old·ly, adverbWords nearby cuckold
cub scout, cuchifrito, Cuchulain, Cuchulainn, cucking stool, cuckold, cuckoldry, cuckold's knot, cuckoo, cuckoo bee, cuckoo clock
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cuckold
/ (ˈkʌkəld) /
noun
a man whose wife has committed adultery, often regarded as an object of scorn
verb
(tr) to make a cuckold of
Derived forms of cuckold
cuckoldry, nounWord Origin for cuckold
C13 cukeweld, from Old French cucuault, from cucu cuckoo; perhaps an allusion to the parasitic cuckoos that lay their eggs in the nests of other birds
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