noun ನಾಮಪದ

Wittol meaning in kannada

ವಿಟ್ಟೋಲ್

  • Pronunciation

    /ˈwɪtəl/

  • Definition

    an archaic term for a cuckold who knows about his wife's infidelity but tolerates it

    ತನ್ನ ಹೆಂಡತಿಯ ದಾಂಪತ್ಯ ದ್ರೋಹದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿದಿರುವ ಆದರೆ ಅದನ್ನು ಸಹಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಕೋಗಿಲೆಗೆ ಪುರಾತನ ಪದ

noun ನಾಮಪದ

Wittol meaning in kannada

ವಿಟ್ಟೋಲ್

  • Definitions

    1. A man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men; a mari complaisant.

    ಇನ್ನೊಬ್ಬ ಪುರುಷ ಅಥವಾ ಪುರುಷರೊಂದಿಗೆ ತನ್ನ ಹೆಂಡತಿಯ ದ್ರೋಹವನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದಿರುವ ಮತ್ತು ಸಹಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ; ಮಾರಿ ದೂರುದಾರ.

  • Examples:
    1. God help the husband that obliges his wife's least whim: he'll be a wittol ere he's two years wed!

    2. 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.

    3. To see a wittol wink at his wife's honesty, and too perspicuous in all other affairs