In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
cuckolding (plural cuckoldings)
adultery (extramarital sexual intercourse)
cuckolding
present participle of cuckold
Source: Wiktionary
Cuck"old (kk"ld), n. Etym: [OE. kukeweld, cokewold, cokold, fr. OF. coucoul, cucuault, the last syllable being modified by the OE. suffix -wold (see Herald); cf. F. cocu a cuckold, formerly also, a cuckoo, and L. cuculus a cuckoo. The word alludes to the habit of the female cuckoo, who lays her eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them.]
1. A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress. Shak.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion triqueter). (b) The cowfish.
Cuck"old, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cuckolded;p. pr. & vb. n. Cuckolding.]
Definition: To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 June 2025
(noun) (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; “he is the owner of a chain of restaurants”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.