wittol

American  

[wit-l] / ˈwɪt l /

noun

Archaic.

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

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wittol British  

/ ˈwɪtəl /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of wittol

1400–50; late Middle English wetewold, equivalent to wete wit ² + ( coke ) wold cuckold

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From The Guardian

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Here's curtain time close upon us, and you come like a wittol scattering your mad questions like the crazed Ophelia her flowers.

From Project Gutenberg