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wittol
noun 
  1. (archaic) A man who knows or even condones his wife's enjoyment of coitus with another man or men, a contented cuckold.
    • 1885: So the Ifrit cried at her, "Thou whorest and makest me a with thine eyes;" and struck her so that her head went flying. " Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 13
    • 1960: God help the husband that obliges his wife's least whim: he'll be a ere he's two years wed! " w:John Barth, John Barth, "The Sot-Weed Factor"
Etymology: Middle English wetewold, apparently from wit + cuckold, (cuck)old.

     
 
  

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