wittol

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men; a mari complaisant. archaic
    — To see […] a wittol wink at his wife's honesty, and too perspicuous in all other affairs […]
  2. A bird, the wheatear. UK,dialectal,obsolete

词形变化

wittols plural wittold alternative

词汇关系

相关词
cuckold cuckquean mari complaisant wittoldry

词源

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