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uxoriousness

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12 lettersPart of speech nounSorted einoorsssuuxStarts with UEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife

Word origin

From uxorious + -ness.

Used in a sentence

  • The uxoriousness of Charles [the First] is re-echoed by all the writers of a certain party.
  • Then, like a shadow, past the people’s talk / And accusation of uxoriousness / Across her mind, and bowing over him, / Low to her own heart piteously she said:
  • Mr. Dougherty had intended to make the outing with his unwonted wife an inconspicuous one. Uxoriousness was a weakness that the precepts of the Caribs did not countenance.

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