Having horns; horned or horn-like in appearance or nature.
From Latin cornūtus meaning 'horned,' derived from cornu (horn). The word entered English in the 15th-16th centuries, often with connotations of deception or betrayal.
In Renaissance Europe, a man with a 'cornute' wife meant a cuckolded man—the horns were a symbolic insult, which is why Satan was always depicted as cornute, combining evil with the shame of betrayal.
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