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cor⋅nute

  [kawr-noot, -nyoot] verb, -nut⋅ed, -nut⋅ing, adjective
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–verb (used with object)
1. Archaic. to cuckold.
–adjective
2. cornuted.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L cornūtus horned, equiv. to cornū horn + -tus adj. suffix

cor⋅nut⋅ed

  [kawr-noo-tid, -nyoo-]
–adjective
1. having horns.
2. shaped like a horn.
3. Archaic. cuckolded.
Also, cornute.

Origin:
1605–15; cornute + -ed 2
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cor·nute   (kôr-nōōt', -nyōōt')   
adj.  
  1. Shaped like a horn.
  2. Having horns or horn-shaped processes.

[Latin cornūtus, from cornū, horn; see cornu.]
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Cornute

Cor"nute\ (k?r"n?t or k?r-n?t"), Cornuted \Cor*nut"ed\ (k?r-n?"t?d), a. [L. cornutus horned, from cornu horn.]

1. Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped.

2. Cuckolded. [R.] "My being cornuted." --LEstrange.

Cornute

Cor*nute"\ (k?r-n?t"), v. t. To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold. [Obs.] --Burton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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