- cuck|old|ry
- cuck|old|ry «KUHK uhl dree», noun.1. making a cuckold of a husband.2. Obsolete. cuckolds collectively.
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cuck|old — «KUHK uhld», noun, verb. –n. the husband of an unfaithful wife. –v.t. to make a cuckold of. ╂[< Old French cucuault < coucou, earlier, cocu; see etym. under cuckoo (because the female cuckoo changes mates) (Cf. ↑cuckoo)] … Useful english dictionary
cuck — cuck; cuck·hold; cuck·ing; cuck·le; cuck·ol·dom; cuck·old·ry; cuck·oo·pint; cuck·stool; cuck·old; cuck·oo; mo·cuck; … English syllables
old — cuck·old·ry; old; old·fan·gled; old·ham; old·ham·ite; old·ham s; old·ie; old·ish; old·land; old·ness; old·ster; cuck·old; old·en; thresh·old; Old; … English syllables
cuck|oo — «KOO koo; especially for n. KUK oo», noun, plural oos, verb, ooed, oo|ing, adjective. –n. 1. a bird whose call sounds much like its name. The common European cuckoo lays its eggs in the nests of other birds instead of hatching them itself. The… … Useful english dictionary
cuckold — cuck·old … English syllables
cuckoldry — cuck·old·ry … English syllables
cuckold — cuck·old (kŭk’əld, ko͝ok’ ) n. ▸ A man whose wife is unfaithful. tr.v. cuck·old·ed, cuck·old·ing, cuck·olds ▸ To make a cuckold of. ╂ [Middle English cokewald, from Anglo Norman *cucuald, from cucu, the cuckoo, from Vulgar Latin … Word Histories
cuckold — cuck|old1 [ kʌ,kould ] noun count OLD FASHIONED an insulting word for a man whose wife has sex with another man cuckold cuck|old 2 [ kʌ,kould ] verb transitive OLD FASHIONED 1. ) if a wife cuckolds her husband, she has sex with another man 2. )… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cuckold — cuck•old [[t]ˈkʌk əld[/t]] n. 1) the husband of an unfaithful wife 2) to make a cuckold of (a husband) • Etymology: 1200–50; ME cukeweld, later cok(k)ewold, cukwold < AF *cucuald … From formal English to slang
cuckoldry — cuck•old•ry [[t]ˈkʌk əl dri[/t]] n. 1) the act of making someone s husband a cuckold 2) the state or quality of being a cuckold • Etymology: 1520–30 … From formal English to slang
