Definitions for cuckoldryˈkʌk əl dri

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

cuck•old•ryˈkʌk əl dri(n.)

  1. the act of making someone's husband a cuckold.

  2. the state or quality of being a cuckold.

Origin of cuckoldry:

1520–30

Wiktionary

  1. cuckoldry(Noun)

    An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband.

  2. cuckoldry(Noun)

    The state of being a cuckold.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cuckoldry(noun)

    the state of being a cuckold; the practice of making cuckolds


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