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cuckoldry

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cuck⋅old⋅ry

[kuhk-uhl-dree]
–noun
1. the act of making someone's husband a cuckold.
2. the state or quality of being a cuckold.

Origin:
1520–30; cuckold + -ry
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cuck·old·ry   (kŭk'əl-drē, kŏŏk'-)   
n.  
  1. The state of being a cuckold.

  2. The act of making someone a cuckold.

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