cuckold
Noun:
- A man whose wife has committed adultery: A "cuckold" is a man whose wife has been sexually unfaithful to him.
Verb:
- To make a man a cuckold; to be sexually unfaithful to one's husband: To "cuckold" someone means to commit adultery with that person's wife, thereby making him a cuckold.
Noun: In the classic play, the foolish old man is portrayed as a cuckold.The rumor painted him as a cuckold, though he was unaware of his wife's infidelity.
Verb: The story revolves around a wife who cuckolds her wealthy husband.He discovered a plot to cuckold him and sought revenge.
"to wear the horns": An archaic idiom meaning to be a cuckold. In Elizabethan drama, a character who wore the horns was a figure of ridicule.
"cuckoldry" (noun): The state or practice of being a cuckold; adultery committed by a wife. The novel explores themes of jealousy and cuckoldry.
- Cuckoldry (n): The act or practice of making a man a cuckold; the state of being a cuckold.
- Cuckolder (n): A person who makes another man a cuckold.
- Noun: Betrayed husband, deceived husband.
- Verb: Cheat on, be unfaithful to, betray (in the specific context of a wife's adultery).
"To be a cuckold": To be a man with an unfaithful wife. He feared he would be a cuckold if he went away to war.
"To cuckold a man": To commit adultery with a man's wife. The villain's plan was to cuckold the king and seize the throne.
- a man whose wife committed adultery
- be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
- She cheats on her husband
- Might her husband be wandering?