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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