cuckquean

Etymology

Blend of cuckold + quean (“disreputable woman”).

noun

  1. A woman who has an unfaithful husband.
    Ye make hir a cookqueane. 1562, John Heywood, The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood (A.D. 1562), Reprint edition, Spenser Society, published 1867, page 62
    Yes, that's her name! His cuckquean she is; his wife she is not and never shall be! 1897, William Kirby, “Weird Sisters”, in The Golden Dog, Reprint edition (Fiction), Echo Library, published 2009, page 289
    A formidable woman of real power and prestige, she emerged from the Monica affair much more cuckold than cuckquean. Her husband’s perfidy did, in a sense, disturb the natural order of things; in the post-feminist age, ... 2007-09-13, Judith Warner, “Horned and Scorned”, in New York Times, retrieved 2012-09-12
    The rumors about his serial philandering had been out there for years, but a friendly liberal press had not tried very hard to confirm the allegations, and the missus was apparently resigned to the role of a stoic cuckquean. 2010, Robert K. Tanenbaum, Betrayed, Simon and Schuster, page 4
  2. (fetish) A woman who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner.

verb

  1. (transitive) To make a woman into a cuckquean.

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