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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 made cuckolds of his three best friends, who knew of and tolerated their wives’ infidelities with him.
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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