"cuckquean" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌk.kwiːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cuckquean.wav Forms: cuckqueans [plural], cucquean [alternative]
Etymology: Blend of cuckold + quean (“disreputable woman”). Etymology templates: {{blend|en|cuckold|quean|gloss2=disreputable woman}} Blend of cuckold + quean (“disreputable woman”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cuckquean (plural cuckqueans)
  1. A woman who has an unfaithful husband. Translations (woman who has an unfaithful husband): cocue [feminine] (French), corna [feminine, informal] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-cuckquean-en-noun-5suslqfE Categories (other): English blends, Female people Disambiguation of English blends: 25 38 37 Disambiguation of Female people: 36 32 32 Disambiguation of 'woman who has an unfaithful husband': 90 10
  2. (paraphilia) A woman who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner.
    Sense id: en-cuckquean-en-noun-LfgTTsiW Categories (other): Paraphilias, English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Female people, Marriage Disambiguation of English blends: 25 38 37 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 67 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 58 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 74 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 81 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 66 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 62 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 25 64 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 69 19 Disambiguation of Female people: 36 32 32 Disambiguation of Marriage: 2 98 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cot-quean, cuckquean, cucquean Hypernyms: cuckoldee, wife Related terms: cuckold, cuckolder, cuckoldize

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌk.kwiːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cuckquean.wav Forms: cuckqueans [present, singular, third-person], cuckqueaning [participle, present], cuckqueaned [participle, past], cuckqueaned [past], cucquean [alternative]
Etymology: Blend of cuckold + quean (“disreputable woman”). Etymology templates: {{blend|en|cuckold|quean|gloss2=disreputable woman}} Blend of cuckold + quean (“disreputable woman”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} cuckquean (third-person singular simple present cuckqueans, present participle cuckqueaning, simple past and past participle cuckqueaned)
  1. (transitive) To make a woman into a cuckquean. Tags: transitive Translations (To make a woman into a cuckquean): pettää (Finnish), наста́вить рога́ (nastávitʹ rogá) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cuckquean-en-verb-CF65RELj Categories (other): English blends, Female people Disambiguation of English blends: 25 38 37 Disambiguation of Female people: 36 32 32

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "nastávitʹ rogá",
      "sense": "To make a woman into a cuckquean",
      "word": "наста́вить рога́"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuckquean"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: paraphilia",
  "path": [
    "cuckquean"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cuckquean",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: paraphilia",
  "path": [
    "cuckquean"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cuckquean",
  "trace": ""
}

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