Cornute

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Shaped like a horn.
  • adj. Having horns or horn-shaped processes.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To give 'horns' to; to make a cuckold of.
  • adj. cornuted
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped.
  • adj. Cuckolded.
  • v. To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Furnished with horns; horned.
  • In botany, furnished with a horn-like process or spur.
  • Taking the shape of a horn: as, cornute locks (thick locks of hair tapering to a point).
  • Also cornuted.
  • To put horns upon—that is, to make a cuckold.
  • Word Usage
    "A lawyer's wife in [6065] Aristaenetus, because her husband was negligent in his business, quando lecto danda opera, threatened to cornute him: and did not stick to tell Philinna, one of her gossips, as much, and that aloud for him to hear: If he follow other men's matters and leave his own, I'll have an orator shall plead my cause, I care not if he know it."
    Equivalent
    cornuted   
    Cross Reference
    cornute larva    head   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    horned    horn-shaped    cuckolded    cuckold