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uxorious

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8 lettersPronunciation /ʌkˈsɔːɹ.i.əs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ioorsuuxStarts with UEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • In truth, Richard was a fond—almost an uxorious husband.
  • Mr. Watkins Tottle was a rather uncommon compound of strong uxorious inclinations, and an unparalleled degree of anti-connubial timidity.
  • The king, who was a most uxorious husband, at first ridiculed the notion, but at length consented, as he did to everything else on which her majesty had set her heart.

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