wittol
noun/ˈwɪtəl/
Etymology
From Middle English witewold; likely a blend of witen (“to know”) + cockewold (“cuckold”), equivalent to wit + cuckold.
- inherited from witewold
Definitions
A man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men
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!
A bird, the wheatear.
The neighborhood
- neighborcuckold
- neighborcuckquean
- neighbormari complaisant
- neighborwittoldry
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for wittol. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA