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Cuckold vs Cuckoldy - What's the difference?

cuckold | cuckoldy |

As a noun cuckold

is a man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.

As a verb cuckold

is to make a cuckold of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing his wife.

As an adjective cuckoldy is

characteristic of a cuckold.

cuckold

English

(cuckold) (Rhinesomus) (Scrawled cowfish)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
  • * 1546 ,
    • If I never marry, I shall never be a cuckold .
  • A West Indian plectognath fish, .
  • The cowfish, and allied species.

    • Usage notes

    * This was a standard comic figure in medieval and Shakespearean drama.

    Quotations

    *

    Synonyms

    * , smooth trunkfish

    Hyponyms

    * (a man married to an unfaithful wife) wittol, mari complaisant

    Derived terms

    * cuckolder * cuckoldry * cuckquean

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a cuckold of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing his wife.
  • * 2008 , , Questionable Content 1319: The Flimsiest of Logic
    • Hey, I would never cuckold one of my friends. That’s way not cool.

    Quotations

    *

    cuckoldy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characteristic of a cuckold.

    • Synonyms

    * cuckoldly