# cuckoldry

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband.
2. The state of being a cuckold.
3. Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female.

## Etymology
From cuckold + -ry.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cuckoldry