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Meaning of "cuckoldry" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CUCKOLDRY

cuckoldry  [ˈkʌk əldrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CUCKOLDRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cuckoldry is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CUCKOLDRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cuckoldry

Cuckold

Cuckold historically referred to a husband with an adulterous wife and is still often used with this meaning. In evolutionary biology, the term cuckold is also applied to males who are unwittingly investing parental effort in offspring that are not genetically their own. Since the 1990s, the term has also been widely used to refer to a sexual fetish in which the fetishist is stimulated by their committed partner choosing to have sex with someone else.

Definition of cuckoldry in the English dictionary

The definition of cuckoldry in the dictionary is the state of being a cuckold.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CUCKOLDRY


Airdrie
ˈɛədrɪ
balladry
ˈbælədrɪ
Deirdre
ˈdɪədrɪ
foundry
ˈfaʊndrɪ
guildry
ˈɡɪldrɪ
Hendry
ˈhɛndrɪ
heraldry
ˈhɛrəldrɪ
husbandry
ˈhʌzbəndrɪ
indri
ˈɪndrɪ
laundry
ˈlɔːndrɪ
legendry
ˈledʒəndrɪ
misandry
ˈmɪsəndrɪ
padre
ˈpɑːdrɪ
polyandry
ˈpɒlɪˌændrɪ
quandary
ˈkwɒndrɪ
ribaldry
ˈrɪbəldrɪ
smouldry
ˈsməʊldrɪ
sundry
ˈsʌndrɪ
tawdry
ˈtɔːdrɪ
wizardry
ˈwɪzədrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CUCKOLDRY

cucking stool
cuckold
cuckoldise
cuckoldize
cuckoldly
cuckoldom
cuckoo
cuckoo bee
cuckoo clock
cuckoo ray
cuckoo shrike
cuckoo spit
cuckoo wrasse
cuckooflower
cuckoopint
cuculiform
cucullate
cucullately
cucumber
cucumber tree

WORDS THAT END LIKE CUCKOLDRY

air-dry
all and sundry
animal husbandry
blow-dry
bone dry
bone-dry
cut and blow-dry
dry
freeze-dry
high and dry
home and dry
iron foundry
medium-dry
Oudry
rough-dry
semidry
spin-dry
the dry
tumble-dry
type foundry

Synonyms and antonyms of cuckoldry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cuckoldry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CUCKOLDRY

Find out the translation of cuckoldry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cuckoldry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cuckoldry» in English.

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通奸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuckoldry
570 millions of speakers

English

cuckoldry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cuckoldry
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cuckoldry
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

cuckoldry
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cuckoldry
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cuckoldry
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cuckoldry
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cuckoldry
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cuckoldry
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cuckoldry
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cuckoldry
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cuckoldry
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cuckoldry
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर्कुट्री
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cuckoldry
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cuckoldry
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cuckoldry
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

cuckoldry
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cuckoldry
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cuckoldry
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cuckoldry
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cuckoldry
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cuckoldry
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cuckoldry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CUCKOLDRY»

The term «cuckoldry» is regularly used and occupies the 93.659 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CUCKOLDRY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cuckoldry» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cuckoldry» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cuckoldry

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUCKOLDRY»

Discover the use of cuckoldry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cuckoldry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Situating the Self: Cuckoldry in Early Modern French Literature
He twists all predictions about his marital fate to his advantage. However, the grotesque and decrepit body imposes itself throughout the text, undermining his efforts.
Catherine Marie Pulling, 2007
2
The Hierarchies of Cuckoldry and Bankruptcy
He was also, as this volume demonstrates, a maniacal taxonomist.
Charles Fourier, 2011
3
The Bed-trick in English Renaissance Drama: Explorations in ...
References to cuckoldry are so widespread in English Renaissance drama as to suggest it was a subject of intense anxiety. "Cuckoldry," as Carol Thomas Neely observes, emphasizes "women's dangerous sexuality and promiscuity and the ...
Marliss C. Desens, 1994
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Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty: Evolutionary ...
2. Coevolution. ofpaternal. investment. and. cuckoldry. in. humans. DAVID C. GEARY University of Missouri – Columbia Introduction The social dynamics of reproduction emerge as individuals compete for control of the reproductive potential ...
Steven M. Platek, Todd K. Shackelford, 2006
5
Man's Estate: Masculine Identity in Shakespeare
"The. Savage. Yoke": Cuckoldry. and. Marriage. O powerful love, that in some respects makes a beast a man, in some other, a man a beast. The Merry Wives of Windsor, 5.5.4-6. T. he Shakespearean comedies of courtship celebrate its ...
Coppélia Kahn, 1981
6
The Premodern Teenager: Youth in Society, 1150-1650
'Like One That Fears Robbing': Cuckoldry Anxiety and The Two Gentlemen of Verona Philip D. Collington The Two Gentlemen of Verona features two of Shakespeare's youngest and most immature romantic leads, Valentine and Proteus.1 ...
Konrad Eisenbichler, 2002
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Family Relationships : An Evolutionary Perspective: An ...
These tradeoffs suggest that the evolution of facultative male parenting was driven by balancing the benefits to offspring survival and later competitiveness with the risks of cuckoldry and the costs of lost mating opportunities. Costs- Benefits ...
Psychology University of Redlands Catherine A. Salmon Assistant Professor, Psychology Florida Atlantic University Todd K. Shackelford Professor, 2007
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William Shakespeare: The Comedies
EMILY DETMER-GOEBEL Agency and the Threat of Cuckoldry in As You Like It and Merchant of Venice ... these cuckold jokes as indicative of women's fearful power to “unman” the male characters by threat of cuckoldry, as Stephen Cohen  ...
Harold Bloom, 2009
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Telling Images: Chaucer and the Imagery of Narrative II
he merchant's tale ends in a carefully staged scene of cuckoldry: a blind old man, clinging to the trunk of a tree, fails to prevent his beautiful young wife and his youthful squire from making love in its branches. I take this to be the tale's ...
V. A. Kolve, 2009
10
On Evolution
Cuckoldry by Females Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) are unusual among fishes for tendencies toward biparental care of young and for staying with schooling fry for up to a month posthatching. Most of the 26 offspring cohorts ...
John C. Avise, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUCKOLDRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cuckoldry is used in the context of the following news items.
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Free Shakespeare - Merry Wives of Windsor
Falstaff, master of wit and of tavern pranks, is no match for the title characters in this story of cuckoldry and deception, where the wives exact ... «HamletHub, Jul 15»
2
Oh, Dear! What Can the Meta Be?
Lai has embellished the classic legend by providing the fisherman with a back story of cuckoldry, all rendered in the raucous and highly stylized ... «A News Cafe, Jul 15»
3
Curtain Call's free Shakespeare on the Green returns for 12th summer
Falstaff, master of wit and of tavern pranks, is no match for the title characters in this story of cuckoldry and deception, where the wives exact ... «Norwalk Plus Magazine, Jun 15»
4
'Genghis Khan: Bring the Legend to Life' Review
... a seeming contradiction that Mr. Lessem explained this way: “The definition is stealing someone else's wife—it's cuckoldry that is the crime.”. «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
5
Study Shows Early Bird Catches More Than Just the Worm
In “Costs of sleeping in: circadian rhythms influence cuckoldry risk in a songbird,” researchers from the United States, Germany, United ... «Newswise, Jun 15»
6
Hillary's Pathetic Road Back to the White House
That she's also the victim of endless and embarrassing cuckoldry adds to her pathetic appeal. She's the boor at the party that nobody has the ... «American Thinker, May 15»
7
An innocent abroad: Hunters in the Dark is a shady portrait of travel
Evelyn Waugh's hapless hero in A Handful of Dust takes leave from cuckoldry back in Blighty and ends up imprisoned in the vastness of the ... «New Statesman, May 15»
8
White Supremacists Are VERY UPSET About Some Nickelodeon …
Apparently, part of the reason Heartiste and these other weirdos are so upset and hung up on this “cuckoldry” thing is because one of the ... «The Frisky, May 15»
9
Three hundred years of low non-paternity in a human population
When cuckoldry is frequent we can expect fathers to withhold investment in offspring that may not be theirs. Human paternal investment can be ... «Nature.com, May 15»
10
How Much Is Adultery Worth? $200 Mil, Apparently
The site works by having men buy credits, and then use them to gain access to women, who don't have to pay anything to engage in cuckoldry. «Daily Caller, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Cuckoldry [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cuckoldry>. Apr 2024 ».
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