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wittol

[ wit-l ]

noun

Archaic.
  1. a man who knows of and tolerates his wife's infidelity.


wittol

/ 藞飞瑟迟蓹濒 /

noun

  1. obsolete.
    a man who tolerates his wife's unfaithfulness
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of wittol1

1400鈥50; late Middle English wetewold, equivalent to wete wit 2 + ( coke ) wold cuckold
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of wittol1

C15 wetewold, from witen to know (see wit 虏) + -wold, perhaps from cokewold cuckold
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Example Sentences

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And to think," he said, "that all this time I have thought of him as my pet diversion, my wittol, my moon-calf!

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Other words on the list include "wittol"鈥 a man who tolerates his wife's infidelity, which has not been much used since the 1940s.

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Her conduct may indeed involve his dishonor, if he is what used to be called a wittol, but even then his dishonor is because of his own disgrace.

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Eug猫ne, the hero, a rich and luxurious churchman, is in love with Alix, whom, to save appearances, he has married to a wittol of the name of Guillaume.

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Say, once and always, Luca was a wittol, I am his cutthroat, you are鈥 Ottima.Here's the wine; I brought it when we left the house above,55 And glasses too鈥攚ine of both sorts.

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