Obs. Also 7 witald-, wittoldrie. [f. WITTOL sb. + -RY.] Complaisant cuckoldry; hence, extreme folly.
1592. Warner, Alb. Eng., VII. xxxvii. 168. Iust Guerdons for Ambition … For dastard Dotards, Wittolrie, and Harlots nice.
1611. Cotgr., s.v. Folie, En amour est folie et sens, in loue there is both wit and witaldrie.
1624. Heywood, Gunaik., V. 257. Cabbas, a Roman (worthie for ever to be branded with base Wittoldrie).
