cuckolding - 3 dictionary results cuck·old    /ˈkʌkəld/ Show Spelled[kuhk-uhld] Show IPA –noun
1. the husband of an unfaithful wife. –verb (used with object)
2. to make a cuckold of (a husband).
Origin: 1200–50; ME cukeweld, later cok(k)ewold, cukwold < AF *cucuald (cf. MF cucuault), equiv. to OF cocu cuckoo + -ald, -alt pejorative suffix (see ribald); appar. orig. applied to an adulterer, in allusion to the cuckoo's habit of laying its eggs in other birds' nests
