cuckquean
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK and UK) IPA: /ˈkʌk.wiːn/
Noun [edit]
cuckquean (plural cuckqueans)
- A woman who has an unfaithful husband.
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- 1562, John Heywood, The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood (A.D. 1562), edition Reprint, Spenser Society, published 1867, page 62:
- Ye make hir a cookqueane.
- 1897, William Kirby, “Weird Sisters”, in The Golden Dog[1], edition Repritnt, Fiction, Echo Library, ISBN 9781406853940, published 2009, page 289:
- Yes, that's her name! His cuckquean she is; his wife she is not and never shall be!
- 2007 September 13, Judith Warner, “Horned and Scorned”, New York Times, accessed on 2012-09-12:
- A formidable woman of real power and prestige, she emerged from the Monica affair much more cuckold than cuckquean. Her husband’s perfidy did, in a sense, disturb the natural order of things; in the post-feminist age, ...
- 2010, Robert K. Tanenbaum, Betrayed[2], Simon and Schuster, ISBN 9781439149232, page 4:
- The rumors about his serial philandering had been out there for years, but a friendly liberal press had not tried very hard to confirm the allegations, and the missus was apparently resigned to the role of a stoic cuckquean.
- 1562, John Heywood, The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood (A.D. 1562), edition Reprint, Spenser Society, published 1867, page 62:
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Translations [edit]
woman who has an unfaithful husband
Verb [edit]
cuckquean (third-person singular simple present cuckqueans, present participle cuckqueaning, simple past and past participle cuckqueaned)
- (transitive) To make a woman into a cuckquean.
Translations [edit]
To make a woman into a cuckquean
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