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wittol

(n): an archaic term for a cuckold who knows about his wife's infidelity but tolerates it

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7 minutes ago yarb said:

I am sorry you sped so ill-favouredly, exclaimed Don Balthazar, who was chuckling with inward satisfaction at my disappointment. What a mechanical rogue of a husband! I would advise you to shew no mercy to the wittol.

- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 5 ch. 1

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