cornuto
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cornuto, from Latin cornūtus (“horned”).
Noun
cornuto (plural cornutos or cornutoes)
- (obsolete) A cuckold.
- a. 1597,, Shakespeare, William, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 3, Scene 5:
- No, Master Brook, but the peaking cornuto / her husband, Master Brook, dwelling in a continual / 'larum of jealousy, comes me in the instant of our / encounter, after we had embraced, kissed, protested, / and, as it were, spoke the prologue of our comedy
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Anagrams
- contour, countor, crouton, croûton
Italian
Etymology
From Latin cornūtus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /korˈnu.to/
- Rhymes: -uto
- Hyphenation: cor‧nù‧to
Adjective
cornuto (feminine cornuta, masculine plural cornuti, feminine plural cornute)
- horned
Noun
cornuto m (plural cornuti)
- cuckold
Derived terms
- cornuto contento
- il bue che dice cornuto all'asino
Anagrams
- coturno
Latin
Adjective
cornūtō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cornūtus