Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cuckold"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cowfish \Cow"fish`\ (-f?ch`), n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The grampus.
(b) A California dolphin ({Tursiops Gillii}).
(c) A marine plectognath fish ({Ostracoin quadricorne}, and
allied species), having two projections, like horns, in
front; -- called also {cuckold}, {coffer fish},
{trunkfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cuckold \Cuck"old\ (k?k"?ld), n. [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.]
1. A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an
adulteress. --Shak.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A West Indian plectognath fish ({Ostracion
triqueter}).
(b) The cowfish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cuckold \Cuck"old\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cuckolded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Cuckolding}.]
To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or
by her becoming an adulteress. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cuckold
n : a man whose wife committed adultery
v : be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She
cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
[syn: {cheat on}, {cheat}, {betray}, {wander}]
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