wittol

Meaning

  1. (archaic) A man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men; a mari complaisant.
  2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A bird, the wheatear.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwɪtəl/
Etymology

In summary

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

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