What's the difference between cornute and cornuto?

Cornute


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Cornuted
  • (v. t.) To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the 2007 footage for the Sunday Telegraph, she told Kim Willsher, now a correspondent for the Guardian in Paris:“I have never actually been his (Fillon’s) assistant or anything like that.” Penelopegate: my part in the François Fillon scandal Read more Penelope Fillon’s lawyer, Pierre Cornut-Gentille, told Agence France-Presse that isolated phrases should not be taken out of context and said his client have given investigators “all the details showing the existence of an actual job”.
  • (2) Two coverings are found around the embryos: the outer one, the shell capsule, is spindle-shaped and cornuted; the hexacanth enclosed in a membrane is housed in the dilated middle part of the shell capsule.
  • (3) Her lawyer, Pierre Cornut-Gentille, denied the new allegations against her.

Cornuto


Definition:

  • (n.) A man that wears the horns; a cuckold.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Bunny ears Although this gesture is more commonly considered a prank to sabotage photographs, it is closely related to the Italian cornuto gesture, whereby two "horns" held up behind someone's head are supposed to imply their spouse is cheating on them.

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