cuckoldry noun3 •An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband.How many such-like cuckoldries are there in histories, procured by the Gods against seely mortall men? — 1603 •The state of being a cuckold.By the end of 2017, it was clear that Homo politicus, like his allies in Hollywood and the media, tends not towards cuckoldry but a 21st-century equivalent of the droit du seigneur. — 2017 •Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female. formscuckoldries