The difference between Cuckquean and Wittol

When used as nouns, cuckquean means a woman who has an unfaithful husband, whereas wittol means a man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men.


Cuckquean is also verb with the meaning: to make a woman into a cuckquean.

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  1. Cuckquean as a noun:

    A woman who has an unfaithful husband.

  1. Cuckquean as a verb (transitive):

    To make a woman into a cuckquean.

  1. Wittol as a noun (archaic):

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

  2. Wittol as a noun (UK, dialect, obsolete):

    A bird, the wheatear.

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