E-WOTD: Cuckold
Blue on Jan 18 2007 | Filed under: WOTD - English
n. A man married to an unfaithful wife. tr.v. cuck·old·ed, cuck·old·ing, cuck·olds To make a cuckold of. [Middle English cokewald, from Anglo-Norman *cucuald, from cucu, the cuckoo, from Vulgar Latin *cucclus, from Latin cuclus.] Word History: The allusion to the cuckoo on which the word cuckold is based may not be appreciated by those unfamiliar [...]