uxorious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Very devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.

/ʌkˈsɔːɹ.i.əs/ /ʌkˈsɔɹ.i.əs/ /ʌɡˈzɔɹ.i.əs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Gibraltar Rocks-uxorious.wav en-us-uxorious.ogg

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Borrowed from Latin uxōrius (“of or pertaining to a wife”), from uxor (“wife”) + -ious.

doting

uxorial uxoricide

uxoriousness

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