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wittol

/ˈwɪtəl/

wittol noun: a man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men; a mari complaisant.

Noun

wittol (plural wittols)

  1. (archaic) 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 […]1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC
    • 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.1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “Night 13”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a...
  2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A bird, the wheatear.

wittol meaning in Bengali

wittol in Bengali

একটি পাখি

Forms of wittol

pluralwittols
alternative formwittold

Origin of wittol

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

Words formed from wittol

Words that rhyme with wittol

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Questions about wittol

What does wittol mean?
Wittol means a man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men; a mari complaisant.
What is wittol in Bengali?
Wittol in Bengali is একটি পাখি. See Wittol meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is wittol?
Wittol is a noun.
How do you pronounce wittol?
Wittol is pronounced /ˈwɪtəl/.
What is the plural of wittol?
The plural of wittol is wittols.

Words near wittol in the dictionary

  1. Wittmers
  2. Wittmeyer
  3. Wittmeyers
  4. Wittner
  5. Wittners
  6. wittol
  7. wittold
  8. wittoldry
  9. wittolds
  10. wittolly
  11. wittols

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