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wittol | x |

As a noun wittol

is (archaic) a man who knows or even condones his wife's enjoyment of coitus with another man or men; a contented cuckold.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

wittol

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) A man who knows or even condones his wife's enjoyment of coitus with another man or men; a contented cuckold.
  • *, New York Review of Books 2001, p.67:
    • To seea wittol wink at his wife's honesty, and too perspicuous in all other affairs […].
  • * 1885 , Sir (w), , "Night 13"
    • So the Ifrit cried at her, "Thou whorest and makest me a wittol with thine eyes;" and struck her so that her head went flying.
  • * 1960 , (John Barth), (w)
    • God help the husband that obliges his wife's least whim: he'll be a wittol ere he's two years wed!
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) A bird, the wheatear.

    • See also

    * cuckold * cuckquean * mari complaisant

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----