The dishonouring of a husband by adultery with or on the part of his wife.
| 单词 | θ179901 |
| 释义 | society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > dishonour by wife's adultery (16) cuckoldry?1529 The dishonouring of a husband by adultery with or on the part of his wife. horning?1578 Cuckolding, cuckoldry. Obsolete. nightcapa1616 figurative and in figurative contexts. Cf. horse-nightcap n. at horse, n. compounds 2a. Obsolete. cornuting1640 horn-fair1669 ‘a fair formerly held at Charlton in Kent’ (Nares) for the sale of horn goods; used allusively by 17th and 18th cent. writers with reference to… cuckold-making1681 cuckoldom1681 = cuckoldry, n. 1. Obsolete. hornwork1738 Cuckoldry. Obsolete. hornification1819 cuckoldry. hornifying- Subcategories:— man who causes (6) |
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