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Wittol   Listen
noun
Wittol  n.  
1.
(Zool.) The wheatear. (Prov. Eng.)
2.
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. (Obs.)





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"Wittol" Quotes from Famous Books



... lady's hands first, with four strokes, and then her feet; whilst I looked on and made sure of death and she farewelled me with her dying eyes. 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. Then he turned to me and said, "O mortal, we have it in our law that, when the wife committeth advowtry it is lawful for us to slay her. As for this damsel I snatched her away on her bride-night ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 • Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Wittol" :   cuckold


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