cuckoldry en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From cuckold + -ry.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband.
How many such-like cuckoldries are there in histories, procured by the Gods against seely mortall men?
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
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(countable, uncountable) The state of being a cuckold.
By the end of 2017, it was clear that Homo politicus, like his allies in Hollywood and the media, tends not towards cuckoldry but a 21st-century equivalent of the droit du seigneur.
2017 December 22, Dominic Green, “Are You Sufficiently Woke?”, in The Weekly Standard, Washington, retrieved 10 Feb 2022:
- (countable, uncountable) Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cuckoldries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Relateds
cuckold · cuckquean · cuckolder · cuckoldize
Synonyms
two-timing · cuckoldry · unfaithfulness · promiscuity · infidelity · adultery · cheating
Translations (6)
cmn 戴綠帽子 /戴绿帽子 (adultery committed by a married woman against her husband) · ja 寝取られ (adultery committed by a married woman against her husband) · de Hörneraufsetzen (adultery committed by a married woman against her husband) · pl cuckold (adultery committed by a married woman against her husband) · cmn 綠帽子 /绿帽子 (adultery committed by a married woman against her husband) · ru наставле́ние рого́в (adultery committed by a married woman against her husband)