put horns on
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put horns on
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Paralleled in several European languages; compare e.g. Russian наста́вить рога́ (nastávitʹ rogá), Spanish poner los cuernos. Compare also the sign of the horns, used in some cultures to imply that a person's wife is promiscuous.
verb puts horns on · putting horns on · put horns on · put the horns on · put horns upon
- To cuckold, to be unfaithful to or make someone’s partner so. City Comedies depicted the pursuit of wealth, status, and women in Jacobean London. In a typical plot, a ne'er-do-well young gentleman dupes his older relatives out of money, while lower-class rascals play cruder tricks on respectable citizens. For example, in Thomas Middleton's A Mad World, My Mast
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verb To cuckold
| Español | poner los cuernos |
|---|---|
| Français | cocufier |
| Deutsch | Hörner aufsetzen, die Hörner aufsetzen |
| Italiano | cornificare, mettere le corna |
| Ελληνικά | κερατώνω keratóno, φοράω κέρατα foráo kérata, βάζω κέρατα vázo kérata |
| Русский | наста́вить рога́ nastávitʹ rogá |
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