wittol

noun /ˈwɪtəl/

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.

   obsolete

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry wittol (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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