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ˈwɪt lwit·tol
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Princeton's WordNet
wittolnoun
an archaic term for a cuckold who knows about his wife's infidelity but tolerates it
Wiktionary
wittolnoun
A man who knows or even condones his wife's enjoyment of coitus with another man or men, a contented cuckold.
Etymology: From witewold; likely a blend of witen + cockewold, equivalent to
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
WITTOLnoun
A man who knows the falsehood of his wife and seems contented; a tame cuckold.
Etymology: wittol , Sax.
O Mars, for what doth serve thy armed ax?
To let that witold beast consume in flames
Thy Venus child. Philip Sidney.Amaimon sounds well; Lucifer well; yet they are the names of fiends: but cuckold, wittol, the devil himself hath not such a name. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.
The Theban wittal, when he once descries
Jove is his rival, falls to sacrifice. John Cleveland.
Wikipedia
wittol
A cuckold is the husband of an adulterous wife; the wife of an adulterous husband is a cuckquean. In biology, a cuckold is a male who unwittingly invests parental effort in juveniles who are not genetically his offspring. A husband who is aware of and tolerates his wife's infidelity is sometimes called a wittol or wittold.
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wittol
A wittol is a man who is aware of and tolerates his wife's infidelity.
Webster Dictionary
Wittolnoun
the wheatear
Wittolnoun
a man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's nest
Etymology: [Said to be for white tail, and so called in allusion to its white tail; but cf. witwal.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Wittol
wit′ol, n. one who knows his wife's faithlessness, and submits to it.—adj. Witt′olly (Shak.), like a wittol or contented cuckold. [Formerly also wittal, wittold, a particular use of witwal, the popinjay; cf. the similar allusions to the cuckoo, from which grew the word cuckold.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wittol in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wittol in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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