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cuckquean

noun
/ˈkʌk.kwiːn/

Etymology

Blend of cuckold + quean (“disreputable woman”). The verb sense is derived from the noun sense.

  1. derived from *gʷḗn✻
  2. inherited from *kwenǭ✻
  3. inherited from *kwenā✻
  4. inherited from cwene
  5. inherited from quene
  6. compounded as cuckquean — “cuckold + quean”

Definitions

  1. A woman who has an unfaithful husband.

    • Ye make hir a cookqueane.
    • Yes, that's her name! His cuckquean she is; his wife she is not and never shall be!
    • A formidable woman of real power and prestige, she emerged from the Monica affair much more cuckold than cuckquean. Her husband’s perfidy did, in a sense, disturb the natural order of things; in the post-feminist age, […]

  2. A woman who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner.

  3. To make a woman into a cuckquean.

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