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countable and uncountable, plural cuckoldries
An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband. quotations examples
How many such-like cuckoldries are there in histories, procured by the Gods against seely mortall men?
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […]
The state of being a cuckold. examples
(zoology) Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female.