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单词 cuckoldry
释义

cuckoldryn.

/ˈkʌkəldri/
Etymology: formed as cuckold n.1 + -ry suffix.
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?
2. A company of cuckolds. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature ii. sig. Avij By the masse I the defye, With thy whole cuckoldrye.
3. The position of a cuckold; cuckoldom. Obsolete.
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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