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Pronunciation : Cuck"old (kk"ld)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. kukeweld, cokewold, cokold, fr. OF. coucoul, cucuault, the last syllable being modified by the OE. suffix -wold (see Herald); cf. F. cocu a cuckold, formerly also, a cuckoo, and L. cuculus a cuckoo. The word alludes to the habit of the female cuckoo,
Definition : 1. A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress. Shak.

2. (Zo?l.) (a) A West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion triqueter). (b) The cowfish.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Cuck"old
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress. Shak.

t. [imp. & p. p. Cuckolded;p. pr. & vb. n. Cuckolding.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913