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† ˈwittolry Obs.
Also 7 witald-, wittoldrie.
[f. wittol n. + -ry.]
Complaisant cuckoldry; hence, extreme folly.
1592Warner Alb. Eng. vii. xxxvii. 168 Iust Guerdons for Ambition..For dastard Dotards, Wittolrie, and Harlots nice. 1611Cotgr. s.v. Folie, En amour est folie et sens, in loue there is both wit and witaldrie. 1624Heywood Gunaik. v. 257 Cabbas, a Roman (worthie for ever to be branded with base Wittoldrie). |