Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state of being a cuckold.
- noun The act of making someone a cuckold.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Adultery; adultery as affecting the honor of the husband.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being a cuckold; the practice of making cuckolds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An act of
adultery committed by a married woman against her husband. - noun The state of being a
cuckold .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the practice of making cuckolds; sexual conquests of married women
Etymologies
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Examples
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In what is surely one of the most unbearable scenes of cruelty on film, the spurned brother avenges his "cuckoldry" by raping Nadia before Rocco's eyes.
Wrenched Into Modernity Francis X. Rocca 2007
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With twice as many resonant words streaming out of his mouth as anyone else on stage, he is the work's desperate center of gravity, in all senses of the word, and a man who must reclaim his wife and his honor in the face of humiliating cuckoldry.
Rodney Punt: A Turk in Italy Comes to Town in an Airstream Trailer Rodney Punt 2011
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But when a rival cotton gin, run by Sicilian immigrant success story Silva Vacarro (Ronnie Marmo), legitimately takes away Archie Lee's business (no income, no furniture, no wedding night), he resorts to arson while Silva resorts to smoldering cuckoldry.
James Scarborough: Tennessee Williams' Baby Doll at the Elephant Theatre Company in Hollywood James Scarborough 2012
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But when a rival cotton gin, run by Sicilian immigrant success story Silva Vacarro (Ronnie Marmo), legitimately takes away Archie Lee's business (no income, no furniture, no wedding night), he resorts to arson while Silva resorts to smoldering cuckoldry.
James Scarborough: Tennessee Williams' Baby Doll at the Elephant Theatre Company in Hollywood James Scarborough 2012
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Kung San village, two per cent of kids result from cuckoldry; in some contemporary urban neighbourhoods the figure is five per cent to 20 per cent.
Barbara Sibbald: Adultery: Someone Always Loses Barbara Sibbald 2012
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With twice as many resonant words streaming out of his mouth as anyone else on stage, he is the work's desperate center of gravity, in all senses of the word, and a man who must reclaim his wife and his honor in the face of humiliating cuckoldry.
Rodney Punt: A Turk in Italy Comes to Town in an Airstream Trailer Rodney Punt 2011
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With twice as many resonant words streaming out of his mouth as anyone else on stage, he is the work's desperate center of gravity, in all senses of the word, and a man who must reclaim his wife and his honor in the face of humiliating cuckoldry.
Rodney Punt: A Turk in Italy Comes to Town in an Airstream Trailer Rodney Punt 2011
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Kung San village, two per cent of kids result from cuckoldry; in some contemporary urban neighbourhoods the figure is five per cent to 20 per cent.
Barbara Sibbald: Adultery: Someone Always Loses Barbara Sibbald 2012
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With twice as many resonant words streaming out of his mouth as anyone else on stage, he is the work's desperate center of gravity, in all senses of the word, and a man who must reclaim his wife and his honor in the face of humiliating cuckoldry.
Rodney Punt: A Turk in Italy Comes to Town in an Airstream Trailer Rodney Punt 2011
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Kung San village, two per cent of kids result from cuckoldry; in some contemporary urban neighbourhoods the figure is five per cent to 20 per cent.
Barbara Sibbald: Adultery: Someone Always Loses Barbara Sibbald 2012
yarb commented on the word cuckoldry
Great mouthfeel.
January 25, 2009
rolig commented on the word cuckoldry
But only if the horns are on the other head.
January 25, 2009