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CUCKOLDOM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cuckoldom mean?
• CUCKOLDOM (noun)
The noun CUCKOLDOM has 1 sense:
1. the state of a husband whose wife has committed adultery
Familiarity information: CUCKOLDOM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of a husband whose wife has committed adultery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("cuckoldom" is a kind of...):
marriage; matrimony; spousal relationship; union; wedlock (the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce))
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