cuckoldry
English
Noun
cuckoldry (countable and uncountable, plural cuckoldries)
- An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
- How many such-like cuckoldries are there in histories, procured by the Gods against seely mortall men?
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- 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.
Translations
adultery committed by a married woman against her husband
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state of being a cuckold
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