cuckold Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a man whose wife committed adultery
  2. verb be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
    cheat; cheat on; betray; wander.
    • She cheats on her husband
    • Might her husband be wandering?

WordNet

Cuck"old noun
Etymology
OE. kukeweld, cokewold, cokold, fr. OF. coucoul, cucuault, the last syllable being modified by the OE. suffix -wold (see Herald); cf. F. cocu a cuckold, formerly also, a cuckoo, and L. cuculus a cuckoo. The word alludes to the habit of the female cuckoo, who lays her eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them.
Definitions
  1. A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress. Shak.
  2. (Zoöl.) (a) A West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion triqueter). (b) The cowfish.
Cuck"old transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Cuckolded;present participle & verbal noun Cuckolding
Definitions
  1. To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress. Shak.

Webster 1913