单词 | cuckold |
释义 | cuckold —cuckoldly, adv. /kuk"euhld/, n. 1. the husband of an unfaithful wife. v.t. 2. to make a cuckold of (a husband). [1200-50; ME cukeweld, later cok(k)ewold, cukwold < AF *cucuald (cf. MF cucuault), equiv. to OF cocu CUCKOO + -ald, -alt pejorative suffix (see RIBALD); appar. orig. applied to an adulterer, in allusion to the cuckoo's habit of laying its eggs in other birds' nests] |
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