wittol

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/ˈwɪtəl/

Definition of wittol

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noun

(archaic)A man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men; a mari complaisant.

“To see […] a wittol wink at his wife's honesty, and too perspicuous in all other affairs […]”
“So the Ifrit cried at her, "Thou whorest and makest me a wittol with thine eyes;" and struck her so that her head went flying.”
“God help the husband that obliges his wife's least whim: he'll be a wittol ere he's two years wed!”

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noun

(archaic)A man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men; a mari complaisant.

“To see […] a wittol wink at his wife's honesty, and too perspicuous in all other affairs […]”
“So the Ifrit cried at her, "Thou whorest and makest me a wittol with thine eyes;" and struck her so that her head went flying.”
“God help the husband that obliges his wife's least whim: he'll be a wittol ere he's two years wed!”
(UK, dialectal, obsolete)A bird, the wheatear.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Middle English witewold; likely a blend of witen (“to know”) + cockewold (“cuckold”), equivalent to wit + cuckold.

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