单词 | cuckoldry |
释义 | cuckoldryn. 1. The dishonouring of a husband by adultery with or on the part of his wife. 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- ?1529 S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers sig. A4 That cukkoldrie and baudrie shulde reigne ouer all emong your subiectes. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 308 Cuckoldries..procured by the Gods against seely mortall men. 1679 in Maidment Sc. Pasquils (1868) 248 Let websters preach, and ladies teach The art of cuckoldrie. 1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 29 How would certain topics, as aldermanity, cuckoldry, have sounded to a Terentian auditory? ΚΠ ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature ii. sig. Avij By the masse I the defye, With thy whole cuckoldrye. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > husband of adulterous wife > state of cuckoldry1612 cuckoldage1676 cuckoldom1680 1612 W. Fennor Cornu-copiæ 113 To shew that hornes belong to Cuckoldrie. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. I. 484 I know some who consentingly have acquired both profit and advancement from cuckoldry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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