cuckoldry

English

Etymology

From cuckold +‎ -ry.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cuckoldry (countable and uncountable, plural cuckoldries)

1. An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     How many such-like cuckoldries are there in histories, procured by the Gods against seely mortall men?

2. The state of being a cuckold.
3. (zoology) Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female.

Derived terms

• cuckoldize

state of being a cuckold

Translations

adultery committed by a married woman against her husband

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 綠帽子／绿帽子 (zh) (lǜmàozi), 戴綠帽子／戴绿帽子 (zh) (dài lǜmàozi)

• German: Hörneraufsetzen n
• Japanese: 寝取られ (ねとられ, netorare)
• Russian: наставле́ние рого́в n (nastavlénije rogóv)