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wit·tol (wit′'l)

noun

Archaic a man who knows of his wife's adultery and tolerates it

Etymology: LME wetewold, formed, based on cokewold (see cuckold) < witen, to know: see wit

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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