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wittol

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɪtəl/Part of speech nounSorted ilottwStarts with WEnds with L0 clues
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Definitions

  1. an archaic term for a cuckold who knows about his wife's infidelity but tolerates it

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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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