cuckoldyadj.
Obsolete or archaic.
= cuckoldly adj.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [adjective] > adulterous > dishonoured by wife's adultery > having character of dishonoured husband
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cuckoldy1618
1618 N. Field Amends for Ladies ii. sig. C2 If it had beene some bodie else I would haue cal'd him Cuckoldie slaue.
1673 T. Shadwell Epsom-Wells iv I'll tear your eyes out..you cuckoldy villain!
1823 W. Scott Peveril I. v. 132 I warrant..that the cuckoldy Roundhead ate enough of our fat beef yesterday.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. i. 19 Blessed by the old cuckoldly-priest of Godstow.
1829 C. Lamb Let. 27 Feb. (1935) III. 211 No lighter texture than their steel did the cuckoldy blacksmith frame to catch Mrs. Vulcan and the Captain in.
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