Word of the Day – Cuckold

Cuckold (noun)

kuk-old

The husband of an adulteress, often regarded as an object of derision.

Late Old English, from Old French cucuault, from cucu cuckoo (from the cuckoo’s habit of laying its egg in another bird’s nest)..

Example sentences

“She had taken his trust and made a cuckold out of him.”

“A famous cuckold his wife would even take her lovers on family vacations.”