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‖ mari complaisant|mari kɔ̃plɛzɑ̃|
[Fr.]
A husband who tolerates his wife's adultery.
1898W. J. Locke Idols xv. 211 You are three outstanding people... Hang it all—the mari complaisant—and Merriam is the last man in the world—it beats me altogether. 1933Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Oct. 673/1 Without being the mari complaisant he has hitherto stood aside, probably seeing much more than he could admit. 1937Mrs. Belloc Lowndes Diary 20 Jan. (1971) 145 The unfortunate Mr Simpson was..regarded as un mari complaisant. 1950D. Ames Corpse Diplomatique ix. 72, I don't understand English women. In France there is such a thing as a mari complaisant, but I've never heard of an amant complaisant! 1958L. Durrell Justine 1. 29 She was reputed to have had many lovers, and Nessim was regarded as a mari complaisant. 1972P. M. Hubbard Whisper in Glen xii. 115 If you see him as the mari complaisant, you'd better think again... If he knew I was carrying on with you..he'd fling me out. |