Category:Wittol

Wit"tol, n. Etym: [said to be for white tail, and so called in Allusion to its white tail; but cf. witwal.]

1. (zoöl.)

Defn: the wheatear. [prov. Eng.]

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. [obs.] Shak.