a. Obs. or arch. [f. as prec. + -Y.] = CUCKOLDLY.
1618. Field, Amends for Ladies, II. i. in Hazl., Dodsley, XI. 110. If it had been somebody else, I would have called him cuckoldy slave.
1673. Shadwell, Epsom Wells, IV. I’ll tear your eyes out … you cuckoldy villain!
1823. Scott, Peveril, vi. I warrant … that the cuckoldy Roundhead ate enough of our fat beef yesterday. Ibid. (1826), Woodst., i. Blessed by the old cuckoldy priest of Godstow.
1829. Lamb, Lett., 27 Feb. No lighter texture than their steel did the cuckoldy blacksmith frame to catch Mrs. Vulcan and the Captain in.
