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cornutoes

cornutoes is the plural of cornuto.

Meaning of cornuto

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

Questions about cornutoes

What is cornutoes the plural of?
Cornutoes is the plural of cornuto.

Words near cornutoes in the dictionary

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

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