cuckoldry
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Noun
cuckoldry (countable and uncountable, plural cuckoldries)
- 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?
- The state of being a cuckold.
- (zoology) Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female.
Derived terms
state of being a cuckold
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