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CUCKOLD
Definition of CUCKOLD
noun
A man married to an adulterous spouse, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English cokolde, cokewold, cockewold, kukwald, kukeweld, from Old French cucuault; a compound of cucu (“cuckoo”) and Old French -auld. The word references the behavior of cuckoo birds where they lay their eggs in another bird’s nest. Cucu is either a directly derived onomatopoeic derivative of the cuckoo's call, or from Latin cucūlus. Latin cucūlus is a compound of onomatopoeic cucu (compare Late Latin cucus) and the diminutive suffix -ulus. Old French -auld is from Frankish *-wald (similar suffixes are used in some personal names within other Germanic languages as well; compare English Harold, for instance), a suffixal use of Frankish *wald (“wielder, ruler, leader”), from Proto-Germanic *waldaz (compare German Gewalt, from the related *waldą (“power, might”)), from *waldaną (“to rule”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong; to rule”). Appears in Middle English in noun form circa 1250 as cokewald. First known use of the verb form is 1589.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.8%
of traced words share this origin (2,505)
How it is built
Same root, CUCKOLD · 3 relatives in the game
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CUCKOLD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CUCKOLD starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CCDKLOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CUCKOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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