[f. as prec. + -DOM.]

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  1.  The state or position of a cuckold.

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1678.  Dryden, Limberham, V. i. He takes Pains enough o’conscience for his Cuckoldom; and, by my Troth, has earn’d it fairly.

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1708.  Brit. Apollo, No. 27. 2/2. Horns should be the Badge of Cuckholdom.

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1813.  Examiner, 21 Feb., 123/2. Cuckoldom has been a good joke from time immemorial.

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  † 2.  = CUCKOLDRY 1. Obs.

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1680.  Dryden, Span. Friar, IV. 46 (J.). Just as you would have her, thinking on nothing, but her dear Colonel, and conspiring Cuckoldom against me.

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1711.  Addison, Spect., No. 16, ¶ 3. It is not my Design to be a Publisher of Intrigues and Cuckoldoms.

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1756–82.  J. Warton, Ess. Pope (1782), I. v. 282. To recommend cuckoldom and palliate adultery, is their usual intent.

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