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cornuto

cornuto noun: a cuckold.

Noun

cornuto (plural cornutos or cornutoes)

  1. (obsolete) A cuckold.
    • No, Master Brook, but the peaking cornuto / her husband, Master Brook, dwelling in a continual / 'larum of jealousy, comes me in the instant of our / encounter, after we had embraced, kissed, protested, / and, as it were, spoke the prologue of our comedya. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act 3, scene 5

Forms of cornuto

pluralcornutos
pluralcornutoes

Origin of cornuto

Borrowed from Italian cornuto, from Latin cornūtus (“horned”).

Questions about cornuto

What does cornuto mean?
Cornuto means a cuckold.
What part of speech is cornuto?
Cornuto is a noun.
What is the plural of cornuto?
The plural of cornuto is cornutos.

Words near cornuto in the dictionary

  1. cornuted
  2. cornutes
  3. cornutin
  4. cornutine
  5. cornuting
  6. cornuto
  7. cornutoes
  8. cornutor
  9. cornutors
  10. cornutos
  11. Cornwall

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