Cuckoldry

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband. countable, uncountable

    "How many such-like cuckoldries are there in histories, procured by the Gods against seely mortall men?"

  2. 2
    the practice of making cuckolds; sexual conquests of married women wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being a cuckold. countable, uncountable

    "By the end of 2017, it was clear that Homo politicus, like his allies in Hollywood and the media, tends not towards cuckoldry but a 21st-century equivalent of the droit du seigneur."

  4. 4
    Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From cuckold + -ry.

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