"cuckquean" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʌk.kwiːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cuckquean.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cuckqueans [plural]
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)
    Sense id: en-cuckquean-en-noun-5suslqfE Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 25 38 37 Disambiguation of 'woman who has an unfaithful husband': 90 10
  2. (fetish) A woman who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner. Categories (topical): Female people, Marriage
    Sense id: en-cuckquean-en-noun-LfgTTsiW Disambiguation of Female people: 40 51 9 Disambiguation of Marriage: 38 62 0 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English blends: 25 38 37 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 53 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cucquean, cot-quean, cuckquean Hypernyms: cuckoldee, wife Related terms: cuckold, cuckolder, cuckoldize

Verb

IPA: /ˈkʌk.kwiːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cuckquean.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cuckqueans [present, singular, third-person], cuckqueaning [participle, present], cuckqueaned [participle, past], cuckqueaned [past]
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 Disambiguation of English blends: 25 38 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cucquean

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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