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English
Etymology
From wittol + -ly.
Adjective
wittolly (comparative more wittolly, superlative most wittolly)
- (obsolete) Like a wittol; cuckoldly.
c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :FALSTAFF: […] they say the jealous wittolly knave hath masses of money […]