cuckold

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈkʌk.əʊld/, /ˈkʌk.əld/
• (America) IPA: /ˈkʌk.oʊld/, /ˈkʌk.əld/

Noun

cuckold (plural cuckolds)

1. A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.

   Synonyms: cornuto, cuck, Thesaurus:cuckold

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   • 1546, François Rabelais, The Third Book, Chapter 36

     If I never marry, I shall never be a cuckold.

   • 2001, Goran V. Stanivukovic, Ovid and the Renaissance Body, page 178:

     In the early English drama, no play better approximates Ovid's contemptuous portrait of the willing cuckold than does Thomas Middleton's Chaste Maid in Cheapside (ca. 1612).

2. A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus triqueter.
3. The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species.

Synonyms

• (Rhinesomus triqueter) Ostracion triqueter, smooth trunkfish

Related terms

• bull
• horner; see also Thesaurus:cuckolder
• stag
• vixen
• cuckquean
• wittol

Translations

• French: cocu, cornard
• German: Gehörnter, Hahnrei, Hornträger
• Italian: cornuto, becco
• Portuguese: corno, chifrudo,cabrão
• Russian: ("horn carrier") рогоно́сец
• Spanish: cornudo

Verb

cuckold (cuckolds, present participle cuckolding; past and past participle cuckolded)

1. (transitive) To make a cuckold or cuckquean of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing their partner or spouse.

   Synonyms: cuck, horn, hornify, Thesaurus:cuckoldize

   • 2008, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content 1319: The Flimsiest of Logic ↗

     Hey, I would never cuckold one of my friends. That’s way not cool.

Translations

• French: cocufier
• Italian: fare le corna
• Portuguese: cornear, trair, pôr chifres em, chifrar
• Russian: наста́вить рога́
• Spanish: poner los cuernos, poner los cachos, poner el gorro, pegar los tarros, poner las guampas, sanchear

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