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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cuck•old /ˈkʌkəld/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- the husband of an unfaithful wife.
v. [~ + object] - to make a cuckold of (a husband):Queen Guinevere cuckolded her husband, King Arthur.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cuck•old (kuk′əld),USA pronunciation n. - the husband of an unfaithful wife.
v.t. - to make a cuckold of (a husband).
- Anglo-French *cucuald (compare Middle French cucuault), equivalent. to Old French cocu cuckoo + -ald, -alt pejorative suffix (see ribald); apparently origin, originally applied to an adulterer, in allusion to the cuckoo's habit of laying its eggs in other birds' nests
- Middle English cukeweld, later cok(k)ewold, cukwold 1200–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cuckold /ˈkʌkəld/ n - a man whose wife has committed adultery, often regarded as an object of scorn
vb - (transitive) to make a cuckold of
Etymology: 13th Century cukeweld, from Old French cucuault, from cucu cuckoo; perhaps an allusion to the parasitic cuckoos that lay their eggs in the nests of other birdsˈcuckoldry n |