wittollyadj.

/ˈwɪtəlɪ/

Forms: Also 1600s wittally, wittoldly, 1800s wittoly.

Etymology: < wittol n. + -y suffix¹ or -ly suffix¹.

Having the character, or characteristic, of a wittol.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [adjective] > adulterous > dishonoured by wife's adultery > having character of dishonoured husband > complaisant

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1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii. i. E 1, No, let me still be..thought A ielouse Asse, and not a wittally Knaue.

1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) iii. x. 293 Her husband was hanged for his wittoldly permission.

a1616 Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. ii. 262 They say the iealous wittolly-knaue hath masses of money.

a1653 R. Brome City Wit iv. i. sig. E^v, in Five New Playes (1653) You are a Wittally Cuckold I know.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 83 Most of this finger-talk, wittoly wit, as well as the figs [sc. ‘a fig for you’, digitally represented], is confined to the lower classes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2011).

单词	wittolly
释义	wittollyadj. /ˈwɪtəlɪ/ Forms: Also 1600s wittally, wittoldly, 1800s wittoly. Etymology: < wittol n. + -y suffix¹ or -ly suffix¹. Having the character, or characteristic, of a wittol. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [adjective] > adulterous > dishonoured by wife's adultery > having character of dishonoured husband > complaisant wittol1604 wittolly1605 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii. i. E 1, No, let me still be..thought A ielouse Asse, and not a wittally Knaue. 1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) iii. x. 293 Her husband was hanged for his wittoldly permission. a1616 Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. ii. 262 They say the iealous wittolly-knaue hath masses of money. View more context for this quotation a1653 R. Brome City Wit iv. i. sig. E^v, in Five New Playes (1653) You are a Wittally Cuckold I know. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 83 Most of this finger-talk, wittoly wit, as well as the figs [sc. ‘a fig for you’, digitally represented], is confined to the lower classes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2011). < adj.1605
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