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cuckolding

cuckolding

1 9.9
When a married person has sex with someone else while their partner watches
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌkəldɪŋ/
  • NSFW
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  • During the therapy session, they discussed how cuckolding often involves the husband being present while his partner engages in sexual acts with another person.

Hot wiping is this kind of offshoot of cuckolding.

Examples

  • This can help to account for why 10% of men unwittingly bring up other men's children, a phenomenon known as 'cuckolding.'

    Blog text (28)

  • Surely the possibility of cuckolding is at issue here.

    Academic text (1992)

  • But don't they say, like, cuckolding is worse than death?

    Big House (2020)

  • …and the sweatshops, and the consensual cuckolding for cable news assignments.

    Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

  • He had begun to resent the tactfulness and sensitivity of their references to his cuckolding, and Elaine's quiet, even brusque, acceptance seemed preferable by far.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Molière's Arnolphe, for instance, gains "psychological depth" because his obsessed fear of cuckolding is manifested in inner and outer conflicts throughout L'école des femmes.

    Academic text (1990)

  • In the movie, the husband watched in disbelief as his wife enjoyed her public cuckolding experience.

  • They explored the dynamics of cuckolding in their relationship, finding that it brought them closer together.

Synonyms

cuckoldry
vscuckolding
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A situation in which a husband is cheated on by his wife

focuses on a consensual act where the spouse watches rather than betrayal

Surface Forms

cuckolding singular
cuckoldings plural

Morphology

cuckolding = cuckold (opaque) = cuckold + ing

The word is formally built from 'cuckold' + '-ing', but the modern sexual-practice sense is specialized and not directly predictable from the base verb.

Etymology

Cuckolding comes from cuckold, which is linked to the cuckoo bird that 'lays eggs in other birds' nests'. So, cuckolding is the practice of one partner having sex with someone else while the other partner watches.