Crossword clues for cornute
cornute
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cornute
Cornute \Cor*nute"\ (k?r-n?t"), v. t.
To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold.
[Obs.]
--Burton.
[1913 Webster] ||
Cornute
Cornute \Cor"nute\ (k?r"n?t or k?r-n?t"), Cornuted \Cor*nut"ed\ (k?r-n?"t?d), a. [L. cornutus horned, from cornu horn.]
Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped.
Cuckolded. [R.] ``My being cornuted.''
--LEstrange.
Wiktionary
cornute
cornuted v
To give 'horns' to; to make a cuckold of.
Usage examples of "cornute".
And always where a tusked and cornute shape had been battered down, disintegrated, another arose as huge and as formidable pouring forth upon the squared tower its lightnings, tearing at it with colossal spiked and hooked claws, beating it with incredible spiked and globular fists that were like the clenched hands of some metal Atlas.