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cuckold

cuckold

6 9.9
A man whose wife cheats on him
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌkəld/
  • NSFW
translation icon : cornudo
  • I've seen some cuckold couples where the wife falls in love with the other guy and leaves.
  • make a cuckold
  • cuckold husband

I've seen some cuckold couples where the wife falls in love with the other guy and leaves.

Examples

  • He made a cuckold out of me.

  • I'm a man who would rather be known as a cuckold than a fool.

  • There is little wonder why Mistress makes a cuckold of me.

    Blog text (13)
  • He was familiar with the humiliation facing a cuckold.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I'm a cuckold.

  • Don Alfonzo was humiliated that he had been cuckold by a 16-year-old boy.

  • "I do not mind if the entire world thinks I'm a cuckold, my dear, devoted little wife, but I will not be forced to fight Middleton Courtney.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • So the two kings, in disgust and despondency, left the court and their life at the same moment and set out on a pilgrimage in search of someone more unfortunate than themselves, poor cuckolds as they were.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Advertising his chagrin as the most eminent cuckold in Europe was not what he needed while he was desperately attempting to restore the fortunes of his political and military campaign in the Netherlands.

    Academic text (1999)
  • He felt ashamed to be called a cuckold after discovering his wife's infidelity.

Surface Forms

cuckold singular
cuckolds plural

Etymology

Cuckold comes from the bird cuckoo, which 'lays eggs in other nests'. People used this bird as a picture of a man tricked by his wife, so a cuckold is a man whose wife has been unfaithful.