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Actaeoning

Actaeoning is the present participle and gerund of Actaeon.

Meaning of Actaeon

Verb

Actaeon (third-person singular simple present Actaeons, present participle Actaeoning, simple past and past participle Actaeoned)

  1. (obsolete, rare, slang, transitive) To cuckold.
    • […] where vaine glorious Ixion Proclaymed, that he was the Minion of Juno, and had Acteoned Jupiter: for which arrogancie, Jupiter threw him to Hell, with this pictured vengeaunce.1987 [1582], George Whetstone, edited by Diana Shklanka, An Heptameron of Civill Discourses, Garland Publishing, Inc., page 144

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Questions about Actaeoning

What is Actaeoning the present participle and gerund of?
Actaeoning is the present participle and gerund of Actaeon.

Words near Actaeoning in the dictionary

  1. actable
  2. Actaeon
  3. Actaeoned
  4. actaeonid
  5. actaeonids
  6. Actaeoning
  7. Actaeons
  8. actagardin
  9. actagardine
  10. actally
  11. actamyosin

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