cornuto

English

Etymology

Italian, from Latin cornutus (“horned”).

Noun

cornuto (plural cornutos or cornutoes)

  1. (obsolete) A cuckold.
    • a. 1597,, Shakespeare, William, 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.

Adjective

cornuto (feminine singular 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 masculine singular of cornūtus
  2. dative neuter singular of cornūtus
  3. ablative masculine singular of cornūtus
  4. ablative neuter plural of cornūtus
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