wittol /ˈwɪtəl/ noun2 •(no longer used) A man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men; a mari complaisant.To see […] a wittol wink at his wife's honesty, and too perspicuous in all other affairs […] — 1624 •(dialect, no longer used) A bird, the wheatear. formswittols