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Cuckoldry
noun
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Noun
- 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 the practice of making cuckolds; sexual conquests of married women wordnet
- 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 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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