cornuto

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cornuto, from Latin cornūtus (“horned”).

Noun

cornuto (plural cornutos or cornutoes)

1. (obsolete) A cuckold.
   • a. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act 3, scene 5:

     No, Master Brook, but the peaking cornuto / her husband, Master Brook, dwelling in a continual / 'larum of jealousy, comes me in the instant of our / encounter, after we had embraced, kissed, protested, / and, as it were, spoke the prologue of our comedy

Anagrams

• contour, countor, crouton, croûton

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cornūtus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /korˈnu.to/
• Rhymes: -uto
• Hyphenation: cor‧nù‧to

Adjective

cornuto (feminine cornuta, masculine plural cornuti, feminine plural cornute)

1. horned

Noun

cornuto m (plural cornuti)

1. cuckold

Derived terms

• cornuto contento
• il bue che dice cornuto all'asino

Anagrams

• coturno

Latin

Adjective

cornūtō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cornūtus