cornuto

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cornuto, from Latin cornūtus (“horned”).

Noun

cornuto (plural cornutos or cornutoes)

  1. (obsolete) A cuckold.
    • a. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act 3, scene 5:
      No, Master Brook, but the peaking cornuto / her husband, Master Brook, dwelling in a continual / 'larum of jealousy, comes me in the instant of our / encounter, after we had embraced, kissed, protested, / and, as it were, spoke the prologue of our comedy

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Italian

Etymology

    From Latin cornūtus.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /korˈnu.to/
    • Rhymes: -uto
    • Hyphenation: cor‧nù‧to

    Adjective

    cornuto (feminine cornuta, masculine plural cornuti, feminine plural cornute)

    1. horned

    Noun

    cornuto m (plural cornuti)

    1. cuckold

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    Latin

    Adjective

    cornūtō

    1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cornūtus
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