CORNUTES

Verb

cornutes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cornute

Anagrams

• Counters, Cutrones, construe, counters, countres, recounts, trounces

Source: Wiktionary


CORNUTE

Cor"nute (kr"nt or kr-nt"), Cor*nut"ed (kr-n"td), a. Etym: [L. cornutus horned, from cornu horn.]

1. Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped.

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

Cor*nute" (kr-nt"), v. t.

Definition: To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold. [Obs.] Burton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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