CUCKOLD


Meaning of CUCKOLD in English

— cuckoldly , adv.

/kuk"euhld/ , n.

1. the husband of an unfaithful wife.

v.t.

2. to make a cuckold of (a husband).

[ 1200-50; ME cukeweld, later cok ( k ) ewold, cukwold cucuald (cf. MF cucuault ), equiv. to OF cocu CUCKOO + -ald, -alt pejorative suffix (see RIBALD); appar. orig. applied to an adulterer, in allusion to the cuckoo's habit of laying its eggs in other birds' nests ]

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