Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cuckolder

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cuck-old-er
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A male of certain kinds of fish that interrupts a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female.

noun

One who commits cuckoldry; one who cuckolds.

Example Sentences

"The friends of the respective parties, those of the cuckolder on one side, and those of the cuckoldee on the other side; and the public (as far as play-house audiences are the public) have fairly decided in favour of the cuckolder! What an admirable system of “public instruction”!"
"Gascoigne, Hundreth Sundrie Flowres (1573) 78 has a teasing passage in which cuckold and cuckolder are out hunting."

Etymology

From cuckold + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cuckold

Inflected Forms

cuckolders (plural)

Derived Forms

cuckoldress

Frequently Paired Words

cuckoldize

Synonyms

cornutor cuckolder cuckold-maker two-timer

Antonyms

cuckold cuckoldee cuckquean

Questions

What does cuckolder mean?: A male of certain kinds of fish that interrupts a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female.
Where does cuckolder come from?: From cuckold + -er.

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