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cuckoldry

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What does cuckoldry mean?

noun

  1. An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband.
  2. The state of being a cuckold.
  3. Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female.

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He married, being well advanced in years, having spent his youth in good fellowship, a great talker and a great jeerer, calling to mind how much the subject of cuckoldry had given him occasion to talk and scoff at others.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600