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cuckold
[ kuhk-uhld ]
noun
- the husband of an unfaithful wife.
verb (used with object)
- to make a cuckold of (a husband).
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
- ˈcuckoldry, noun
Other Words From
- cuckold·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of cuckold1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cuckold1
Example Sentences
He is a pudgy, bespectacled, homburg-wearing cuckold of a Sherlock in those fish-grey postwar years of 1970s England.
By definition, of course, a cuckold is the “husband of an adulteress.”
Mean Cuckold is the highest selling DVD producer and director Glenn King has ever released.
She made her first husband a cuckold, and do you suppose that she has suddenly turned virtuous?
Sfoot, half a quarter of an hour does that; make him a cuckold.
But he smiled, and replied: "As that cuckold of a Forestier?"
The character of cuckold is indelible: who once has it carries it to his grave; the punishment proclaims it more than the fault.
We no less laugh at him who takes pains to prevent it, than at him who is a cuckold and knows it not.
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