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A reed warbler raising the chick of a common cuckoo; the term "cuckold" is derived from the cuckoo's tendency to lay eggs in the nests of other birds.. The word cuckold derives from the cuckoo bird, alluding to its brood parasitism, or tendency to lay its eggs in the nests of other birds.
A chastity device designed to be fastened around the penis and cause pain if it becomes erect. Cock and ball torture (CBT) [a] is a sexual activity involving the application of pain or constriction to the male genitals.
Fear is an example of "retroactive keywording", meaning it was an ability that had existed long before it was given a keyword; its eponymous card, Fear, was in the original set Limited Edition Alpha. Creatures with fear cannot be blocked except by black creatures and by artifact creatures. Fear has almost always appeared on black creatures.
Sadism (/ ˈ s eɪ d ɪ z əm /) and masochism (/ ˈ m æ s ə k ɪ z ə m /), known collectively as sadomasochism (/ ˌ s eɪ d oʊ ˈ m æ s ə k ɪ z ə m / SAY-doh-MASS-ə-kiz-əm) or S&M, [1] is the derivation of pleasure from acts of respectively inflicting or receiving pain or humiliation. [2]
Unlike a traditional dictionary or thesaurus, the content is enlivened by often pungent or politically incorrect observations and asides, intended to provide further comic effect. Those familiar with Ambrose Bierce 's Devil's Dictionary might recognise some parallels with Bierce's style, though his lacked the overt obscenity.
In addition, modern English forms are given for comparison purposes. Nouns are given in their nominative case, with the genitive case supplied in parentheses when its stem differs from that of the nominative. (For some languages, especially Sanskrit, the basic stem is given in place of the nominative.) Verbs are given in their "dictionary form".
The word mare comes (through Middle English mare) from the Old English feminine noun mære (which had numerous variant forms, including mare, mere, and mær). [2] Likewise are the forms in Old Norse/Icelandic mara [3] as well as the Old High German mara [5] (glossed in Latin as "incuba " [6]), [7] while the Middle High German forms are mar, mare, [8] [10]