Definitions for Cuckold
ˈkʌk əldcuck·old

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cuckoldverb

   a man whose wife committed adultery

2. cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wanderverb

   be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

   "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.3 / 3 votes

1. cuckoldnoun

   A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.

2. cuckoldverb

   To make a cuckold of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing his wife.

3. Etymology: Derived from cucuault (from cucu, the Cuckoo bird, some varieties of which lay their eggs in another’s nest). Appears in in noun form circa 1250 as cokewald. First known use of the verb form is 1589.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CUCKOLDnoun

   One that is married to an adultress; one whose wife is false to his bed.

   Etymology: cocu, Fr. from coukoo.

   But for all the whole world; why, who would not make her husband a cuckold, to make him a monarch? I should venture purgatory for’t. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   There have been,
   Or I am much deceiv’d, cuckolds ere now;
   And many a man there is, ev’n at this present,
   Now while I speak this, holds his wife by th’ arm,
   That little thinks she has been sluic’d in’s absence. William Shakespeare.

   For though the law makes null th’ adulterer’s deed
   Of lands, to her the cuckold may succeed. John Dryden, Juvenal.

   Ever since the reign of king Charles II. the alderman is made a cuckold, the deluded virgin is debauched, and adultery and fornication are committed behind the scenes. Jonathan Swift.

2. To Cuckoldverb

   1. To corrupt a man’s wife; to bring upon a man the reproach of having an adulterous wife; to rob a man of his wife’s fidelity.

   If thou canst cuckold him, thou do’st thyself a pleasure, and me a sport. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   2. To wrong a husband by unchastity.

   But suffer not thy wife abroad to roam,
   Nor strut in streets with amazonian pace;
   For that’s to cuckold thee before thy face. John Dryden, Juv. Sat. 6.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cuckold

   A cuckold is the husband of an adulterous wife; the wife of an adulterous husband is a cuckquean. In biology, a cuckold is a male who unwittingly invests parental effort in juveniles who are not genetically his offspring. A husband who is aware of and tolerates his wife's infidelity is sometimes called a wittol or wittold.

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1. cuckold

   A cuckold is a term used to describe a man who has an unfaithful wife or partner, particularly one who has been publicly humiliated as a result of the infidelity. Historically, the term was often used as a derogatory insult. It is derived from the cuckoo bird, which is known for laying its eggs in other birds' nests.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Cuckoldnoun

   a man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress

2. Cuckoldnoun

   a West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion triqueter)

3. Cuckoldnoun

   the cowfish

4. Cuckoldverb

   to make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress

5. Etymology: [OE. kukeweld, cokewold, cokold, fr. OF. coucoul, cucuault, the last syllable being modified by the OE. suffix -wold (see Herald); cf. F. cocu a cuckold, formerly also, a cuckoo, and L. cuculus a cuckoo. The word alludes to the habit of the female cuckoo, who lays her eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.7 / 3 votes

1. Cuckold

   Cuckold historically referred to a husband with an adulterous wife and is still often used with this meaning. Since the 1990s, the term has also been widely used to refer to a sexual fetish in which the fetishist is stimulated by their committed partner choosing to have sex with someone else.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cuckold

   kuk′old, n. a man whose wife has proved unfaithful.—v.t. to wrong (a husband) by unchastity.—v.t. Cuck′oldise, to make a cuckold.—adv. Cuck′oldly (Shak.).—ns. Cuck′old-mak′er; Cuck′oldom, state of a cuckold: act of adultery; Cuck′oldry, adultery. [O. Fr. cucuault—cucu, cuckoo.]

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How to pronounce Cuckold?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cuckold in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cuckold in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Cuckold in a Sentence

1. William Wycherley:

   He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Cuckold
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cuckold
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Cuckold
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckold
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cuckold
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Cuckold
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Cuckold
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Cuckold