Reverse Dictionary: CUCKOLD

ADJECTIVES
► CAPRICORNIFIED cuckolded → L18 sl.
► CORNUTED cuckolded, ‘horned’ → 1612
► CUCKALLY having the character of a cuckold → 1589 obs.
► CUCKOLDLY having the character of a cuckold → 1594 obs.
► CUCKOLDY having the character of a cuckold → 1618 obs.
► HORN-MAD mad with rage at having been made a cuckold → 1590 obs.

ADVERBS
► AT THE SIGN OF THE HORN in cuckoldom → L17 colloq.

NOUNS
► ACTEON’S BADGE the stigma of cuckoldom → 1596
► CUCKOLDAGE the position of a cuckold → 1676 obs.
► CUCKOLDOM a dishonouring of a husband by adultery with or on the part of his wife → 1681 obs.
► CUCKOLDRY 1. a dishonouring of a husband by adultery with or on the part of his wife → 1529
2. a company of cuckolds → 1548 obs.
► CUCKOLDSHIRE cuckoldom → 1562 humorous usage, obs.
► CUCKOLD’S-ROW cuckoldom → a1500 humorous usage, obs.
► HART’S-CREST the imaginary horns on the forehead of a cuckold → 1600 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ABRAM a cuckold; a gullible fool → 1639 UK sl.
► ACTAEON ► ACTEON a cuckold; the husband of an unfaithful wife → 1567 arch.
► BECCO a cuckold → 1604 obs.
► CABRON a man who consents to the adultery of his wife → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► CORNUTE a cuckold → 1608
► CUCK a man whose wife or partner is sexually unfaithful and who is typically regarded as an object of derision; a cuckold → 1705 obs.
► CUCKOLD a cuckold → a1250
► CUCKQUEAN a female cuckold; a woman whose husband is unfaithful to her → 1562 obs.
► GILT-HORN a complacent cuckold → 18C sl.
► HALF-MOON a cuckold → 1659 obs.
► HODDY-DODDY a cuckold; a henpecked man → 1598 obs.
► HODDYPEAK a cuckold → 1500 obs.
► MONSTER a cuckold → 1994 (Bk.)
► MOSES a cuckold → 1903 (Bk.)
► NINNYHAMMER a fool, a simpleton; also, a cuckold → 1590 sl.
► ONE OF THE LIVERY a cuckold → 1680 sl.
► SUMMER BIRD ► SUMMER’S BIRD a cuckold → 1560 obs.
► TUP a cuckold → 1652
► UNICORN a cuckold → 17C sl.
► YELLOW GLOKE a cuckold → 1916 sl. (Bk.)
► YELLOW-HAMMER a cuckold → 1607 sl.
► YELLOW STOCKING a cuckold → 1916 sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
► CUCKOLD-MAKER a man who seduces another’s wife → 1574

PHRASES
► AT THE SIGN OF THE HORN in cuckoldom → 19C

VERBS
► ABUSE to make a cuckold of, to cheat → L15 sl.
► ACTAEON to cuckold → 1615 obs.
► ADHORN to cuckold; to ‘plant horns on’ → 1605 obs.
► CORNIFY to cuckold, to fit with ‘horns’ → 1611 obs.
► CORNUTE to make a cuckold of → 1597 arch.
► CUCKOLDIZE to make a cuckold → 1682 obs.
► CUCKQUEAN to make a cuckquean of → 1592 obs.
► GIVE SOMEONE THE NEEDLE to cuckold → 1928 US sl.
► MAKE A MONSTER OF to cuckold → L16 sl.
► RAM-HEAD to make a cuckold of → 1713 obs.
► SHOE-HORN to cuckold → M17 Brit.
► WEAR A FORKER to be cuckolded → E17
► WEAR HORNS to be cuckolded → 18C US