WITTOL

wittol|wittal. Wittol, or Wittal, n. a mean contented cuckold, ob.

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Wit″tol (?), n. [[Said to be for white tail, and so called in allusion to its white tail; but cf. witwal.]] 1. 1. (Zoöl.) The wheatear.
2. 2. A man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold; — so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's nest. Shak.