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English
Pronunciation
Verb
cornute (third-person singular simple present cornutes, present participle cornuting, simple past and past participle cornuted)
- (transitive) To give 'horns' to; to make a cuckold of.
1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 357:‘Will you cooperate with me in cornuting your husband? It's a must!’
Adjective
cornute (comparative more cornute, superlative most cornute)
- Bearing horns or shaped like a horn; cornuted.
Derived terms
Noun
cornute (plural cornutes)
- A member of the order Cornuta.
1997 October, R L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 225:Stylophorans are divided into two orders the Cornuta and Ankyroida: cornutes have asymmetrical thecae, aulacophores with stylocones and cover plates over the food groove that open widely; ankyroids have essentially bilaterally symmetrical thecae, aulacophores with styloids and in most the cover plates do not open widely.
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Italian
Adjective
cornute
- feminine plural of cornuto
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Latin
Adjective
cornūte
- vocative masculine singular of cornūtus