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cornutos

cornutos 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 cornutos

What is cornutos the plural of?
Cornutos is the plural of cornuto.

Words near cornutos in the dictionary

  1. cornuting
  2. cornuto
  3. cornutoes
  4. cornutor
  5. cornutors
  6. cornutos
  7. Cornwall
  8. Cornwall Bridge
  9. Cornwall Island
  10. Cornwall stone
  11. Cornwallian

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