CUCKOLD Definition & Meaning

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cuckold

[ kuhk-uhld ]

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noun

the husband of an unfaithful wife.

verb (used with object)

to make a cuckold of (a husband).

cuckold

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noun

a man whose wife has committed adultery, often regarded as an object of scorn

verb

tr to make a cuckold of

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Derived Forms

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of cuckold¹

1200–50; Middle English cukeweld, later cok ( k ) ewold, cukwold < Anglo-French *cucuald (compare Middle French cucuault ), equivalent to Old French cocu cuckoo + -ald, -alt pejorative suffix ( ribald ); apparently originally applied to an adulterer, in allusion to the cuckoo's habit of laying its eggs in other birds' nests

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of cuckold¹

C13 cukeweld, from Old French cucuault, from cucu cuckoo ; perhaps an allusion to the parasitic cuckoos that lay their eggs in the nests of other birds

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A member of a traveling theater troupe, Paul has been abandoned in a small-town hospital after a cuckolded husband conked him on the head.

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His small, pressured crew viewed those incest victims and cuckolded spouses as fresh meat for their sausage grinder.

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It's just a litany of images of everything that allegedly makes men "cultural cuckolds": seeing gay couples, seeing drag queens, being nice to other people, drinking Budweiser.

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It is not just that he is suicidal, cuckolded and broke that turns him though.

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“Well, he’s already so fearful the Big Guy says the only way to take care of him is to make him penniless and cuckolded by a 350 lb. wife who has herpes.”

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