wittol

[ wit-l ]

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

Origin of wittol

1
1400–50; late Middle English wetewold, equivalent to wetewit2 + (coke)woldcuckold

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wittol

/ (ˈwɪtəl) /


noun
  1. obsolete a man who tolerates his wife's unfaithfulness

Origin of wittol

1
C15 wetewold, from witen to know (see wit ²) + -wold, perhaps from cokewold cuckold

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