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Definitions for Cuckold

[1] the husband of an unfaithful wife.
[2] to make a cuckold of (a husband).
[3] a man whose wife has committed adultery, often regarded as an object of scorn
[4] (tr) to make a cuckold of

Words related to Cuckold

milksop, pushover, coward, wimp, crybaby, namby-pamby, baby, pantywaist, chicken, pansy, daisy, wuss, jellyfish

Words nearby Cuckold

cuboidal epithelium, cuchifrito, cuchulain, cuchulainn, cucking stool, cuckold, cuckold's knot, cuckoldry, cuckoo, cuckoo bee, cuckoo clock

Origin of Cuckold

1200–50; Middle English cukeweld, later cok(k)ewold, cukwold < Anglo-French *cucuald (compare Middle French cucuault ), equivalent to Old French cocu cuckoo + -ald, -alt pejorative suffix (see ribald); apparently orig. applied to an adulterer, in allusion to the cuckoo's habit of laying its eggs in other birds' nests

Other words from Cuckold

cuck·old·ly , adverb

Word origin for Cuckold

C13 cukeweld, from Old French cucuault, from cucu cuckoo ; perhaps an allusion to the parasitic cuckoos that lay their eggs in the nests of other birds

Synonyms for Cuckold

baby, chicken, coward, crybaby, daisy, jellyfish, milksop, namby-pamby, pansy, pantywaist, pushover, wimp, wuss, cream puff, momma's boy, yellow belly