cuckquean

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cuckquean

/ˈkʌk.kwiːn/

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Blend of cuckold + quean (“disreputable woman”). The verb sense is derived from the noun sense.

noun cuckqueans · cuck quean · cucquean · cuckqueen · cuck queen

A woman who has an unfaithful partner; (now often specifically), a woman aroused by the sexual infidelity of her partner. Ye make hir a cookqueane.
Similar: cot-quean, cuckquean, cucquean

verb cuckqueans · cuckqueaning · cuckqueaned · cuck quean · cucquean

transitive To make a woman into a cuckquean.

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noun woman who has an unfaithful husband

Português	corna
Français	cocue
Italiano	cornuta

verb To make a woman into a cuckquean

Русский	наста́вить рога́ nastávitʹ rogá
Tiếng Việt	cắm sừng

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@misc{cuckquean_2026,
  title = {cuckquean},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cuckquean},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}