wittolly
English
Etymology
wittol + -ly
Adjective
wittolly (comparative more wittolly, superlative most wittolly)
- (obsolete) Like a wittol; cuckoldly.
- Shakespeare, The Merrie Wives of Windsor, act II, scene ii.
- FALSTAFF: […] they say the jealous wittolly knave hath masses of money […]
- Shakespeare, The Merrie Wives of Windsor, act II, scene ii.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for wittolly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)