wifelet

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wifelet

/ˈwaɪflət/ US, UK
/-lɪt/ US, UK

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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.

noun wifelets

colloquial, endearing A wife. Annie, wifelet, let me tell you of one of my foreign flirtations—one that I have never yet even hinted to you.
Similar: wifekin, wifeling, wifelkin, wifie
broadly, informal A wife who is of small stature. 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.
broadly, informal A long-term girlfriend; a mistress (the “other woman” in an extramarital relationship). 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 inqu
Similar: bit on the side, concubine, doxy, dulcinea, goomah, leman, loon, minx, mistress, number two, side bitch, side chick

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noun (affectionate) wife

Italiano	coniuge, consorte, mogliettina

noun mistress — see also mistress

Italiano	madama, signora

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@misc{wifelet_2026,
  title = {wifelet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wifelet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}