Cuckold
11cuckold — cuck|old1 [ˈkʌkəld, ˈkʌkəuld US kəld] n old use [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Probably from Old French cucuault, from cucu; CUCKOO1] an insulting word for a man whose wife has been having sex with another man cuckold 2 cuckold2 v [T] old use if a… …
12cuckold — [[t]kʌ̱koʊld[/t]] cuckolds, cuckolding, cuckolded 1) N COUNT A cuckold is a man whose wife is having an affair with another man. [LITERARY] Arthur himself has been portrayed as a weak cuckold. 2) VERB If a married woman is having an affair, she… …
13cuckold — A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress. It is explained that the word alludes to the habit of the female cuckold, which lays her eggs in the nests of other birds to be hatched by them. To make a cuckold of a man is to seduce …
14cuckold — A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress. It is explained that the word alludes to the habit of the female cuckold, which lays her eggs in the nests of other birds to be hatched by them. To make a cuckold of a man is to seduce …
15cuckold — Cowfish Cow fish (kou f[i^]sh ), n. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The grampus. (b) A California dolphin ({Tursiops Gillii}). (c) A marine plectognath fish ({Ostracoin quadricorne}, and allied species), having two projections, like horns, in front; called also… …
16cuckold — noun Etymology: Middle English cokewold Date: 13th century a man whose wife is unfaithful • cuckold transitive verb …
17cuckold — cuckoldly, adv. /kuk euhld/, n. 1. the husband of an unfaithful wife. v.t. 2. to make a cuckold of (a husband). [1200 50; ME cukeweld, later cok(k)ewold, cukwold < AF *cucuald (cf. MF cucuault), equiv. to OF cocu CUCKOO + ald, alt pejorative… …
18cuckold — cuck|old1 [ kʌ,kould ] noun count OLD FASHIONED an insulting word for a man whose wife has sex with another man cuckold cuck|old 2 [ kʌ,kould ] verb transitive OLD FASHIONED 1. ) if a wife cuckolds her husband, she has sex with another man 2. )… …
19cuckold — [13] Cuckold is a derivative of cuckoo, the cuckoo’s invasion of other birds’ nests perhaps being viewed as analogous to the stealing of a wife’s affections by another man. It is not an original English coinage, but was borrowed from an… …
20cuckold — [ kʌk(ə)ld] noun the husband of an adulteress regarded as an object of derision. verb make (a married man) a cuckold. Derivatives cuckoldry noun Origin OE, from OFr. cucuault, from cucu cuckoo (from the cuckoo s habit of laying its egg in another …
