cornute

English

Etymology

From Latin cornūtus, from cornu.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɔːˈnjuːt/
• Rhymes: -uːt

Verb

cornute (third-person singular simple present cornutes, present participle cornuting, simple past and past participle cornuted)

1. (transitive) To give 'horns' to; to make a cuckold of.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 357:

     ‘Will you cooperate with me in cornuting your husband? It's a must!’

Adjective

cornute (not comparable)

1. Bearing horns or shaped like a horn; cornuted.

Derived terms

• tricornute

Noun

cornute (plural cornutes)

1. A member of the order Cornuta.
   • 1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 225:

     Stylophorans are divided into two orders the Cornuta and Ankyroida: cornutes have asymmetrical thecae, aulacophores with stylocones and cover plates over the food groove that open widely; ankyroids have essentially bilaterally symmetrical thecae, aulacophores with styloids and in most the cover plates do not open widely.

References

• “cornute”, in Merriam-Webster Online, Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1996–present.

Anagrams

• Counter, Cureton, Cutrone, counter, counter-, countre, recount, trounce

Italian

Adjective

cornute

1. feminine plural of cornuto

Anagrams

• cernuto, certuno, cruento, cunterò

Latin

Adjective

cornūte

1. vocative masculine singular of cornūtus