Cuckold Definition
kŭkəld, ko͝ok-
cuckolded, cuckolding, cuckolds
noun
cuckolds
A man whose wife has committed adultery.
Webster's New World
A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus.
Wiktionary
The cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species.
Wiktionary
verb
cuckolded, cuckolding, cuckolds
To make a cuckold of.
Webster's New World
To make a cuckold of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing his wife.
Wiktionary
Origin of Cuckold
Derived from Old French cucuault (from cucu, the Cuckoo bird, some varieties of which lay their eggs in another’s nest). Appears in Middle English in noun form circa 1250 as cokewald. First known use of the verb form is 1589.
From Wiktionary
Middle English cokewald from Anglo-Norman cucuald from cucu the cuckoo from Vulgar Latin cuccūlus from Latin cucūlus
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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