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Wifelet

//ˈwaɪflət// noun, slang

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Noun

1
A wife. colloquial, endearing
"Annie, wifelet, let me tell you of one of my foreign flirtations—one that I have never yet even hinted to you."
2
A wife who is of small stature. broadly, informal
"In stature the Manlet was dwarfish— / No burly big Blunderbore he: / And he wearily gazed on the crawfish / His Wifelet had dressed for his tea."
3
A long-term girlfriend; a mistress (the “other woman” in an extramarital relationship). broadly, informal
"The Marquess [Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath], now 74, who is best known for his remarkably unorthodox dress sense, his pornographic murals and his series of wifelets, is fixing me with a priapic eye while slurping wine from a beer glass. "I need some more," he declares loudly. "Wine?" I inquire. "No, wifelets, of course.""

Etymology

From wife + -let (diminutive suffix). Sense 3 (“long-term girlfriend; mistress”) is said to have been coined in the 1960s by Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath (1932–2020) in reference to his numerous mistresses.

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