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单词 cuckoldom
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cuckoldomn.

/ˈkʌkəldəm/
Etymology: formed as cuckold n.1 + -dom suffix.
1. The state or position of a cuckold.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > husband of adulterous wife > state of
cuckoldry1612
cuckoldage1676
cuckoldom1680
1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper v. i. 53 He takes pains enough o'conscience for his Cuckoldom; and, by my troth, has earn'd it fairly.
1708 Brit. Apollo 12–14 May Horns should be the Badge of Cuckholdom.
1813 Examiner 22 Feb. 123/2 Cuckoldom has been a good joke from time immemorial.
2. = cuckoldry n. 1. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > dishonour by wife's adultery
cuckoldry?1529
horning?1578
nightcapa1616
cornuting1640
horn-fair1669
cuckold-making1681
cuckoldom1681
hornwork1738
hornification1819
hornifying-
1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar iv. i. 46 Thinking on nothing, but her dear Colonel, and conspiring Cuckoldom against me.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 16. ¶3 It is not my Design to be a Publisher of Intreagues and Cuckoldoms.
1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. v. 272 To recommend cuckoldom and palliate adultery, is their usual intent.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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