Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like or characteristic of a wittol, or submissive cuckold.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Like a wittol; cuckoldly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Like a
wittol ;cuckoldly .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I know him not: yet I wrong him to call him poor; they say the jealous wittolly knave hath masses of money; for the which his wife seems to me well-favored.
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Yet I wrong him, to call him poor: they say the jealous wittolly knave hath masses of money; for the which his wife seems to me well-favoured.
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I know him not: yet I wrong him to call him poor; they say the jealous wittolly knave hath masses of money; for the which his wife seems to me well-favored.
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I know him not; yet I wrong him to call him poor; they say the jealous wittolly knave hath masses of money; for the which his wife seems to me well-favoured.
The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare 1590
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Ore the wittolly knaues head, M. _Brooke_ thou shalt
The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] William Shakespeare 1590
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-- yet I wrong him to call him poor; they say the jealous wittolly knave hath masses of money; for the which his wife seems to me well-favoured.
The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] William Shakespeare 1590
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