cuckoldry

noun

Etymology

From cuckold + -ry.

  1. derived from *h₂welh₁-
  2. derived from *waldaz
  3. derived from *-wald
  4. derived from cucūlus
  5. derived from -auld
  6. derived from cucuault
  7. inherited from cokolde
  8. formed as cuckoldry — “cuckold + -ry

Definitions

  1. An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband.

    • How many such-like cuckoldries are there in histories, procured by the Gods against seely mortall men?
  2. The state of being a cuckold.

    • By the end of 2017, it was clear that Homo politicus, like his allies in Hollywood and the media, tends not towards cuckoldry but a 21st-century equivalent of the droit du seigneur.
  3. Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in…

    Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female.

The neighborhood

Derived

cuckoldize

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at cuckoldry. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01cuckoldry02cuckold03infidelity04unfaithfulness05unfaithful06adulterous07adultery

A definitional loop anchored at cuckoldry. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at cuckoldry

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA