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uxorial

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7 lettersPronunciation /ʌkˈsɔː.ɹɪ.əl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ailoruxStarts with UEnds with L0 clues
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Definitions

  1. befitting or characteristic of a wife

Word origin

From Latin uxōrius (“of or pertaining to a wife; overly fond of one’s wife”) + English -al (suffix forming adjectives). Uxōrius is derived from uxor (“wife”) + -ius (suffix forming adjectives).

Used in a sentence

  • Both are middle-class wives and mothers who are socially isolated and disenchanted with their marriages. [...] Unable to escape their uxorial and maternal roles, both retreat into themselves.
  • Jane [Eyre]'s nightmare of inarticulate desire suggests that more is at stake than common law, as Rochester seems to believe, or even ethical norms, such as she grapples with after learning his uxorial secret.
  • Riccabocca, the wiliest and most relentless of men in his maxims, melted into absolute uxorial imbecility at the sight of that mute distress.

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