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Definition of Uxorius
Ux*o"ri*ous (?), a. [L. uxorius, fr.
uxor a wife.] Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife;
being a dependent husband. "Uxorious magistrates."
Milton.
How wouldst thou insult,
When I must live uxorious to thy will
In perfect thraldom! Milton.
-- Uxo*o"ri*ous*ly, adv. --
Ux*o"ri*ous*ness, n.
Ux*o"ri*ous (?), a. [L. uxorius, fr.
uxor a wife.] Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife;
being a dependent husband. "Uxorious magistrates."
Milton.
How wouldst thou insult,
When I must live uxorious to thy will
In perfect thraldom! Milton.
-- Uxo*o"ri*ous*ly, adv. --
Ux*o"ri*ous*ness, n.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- overly devoted or submissive to one's wife
quotation:
*"She was the cross her cuckolded, incompatible husband had to bear, and he was - beneath those fantastic uniforms - the pathetic, uxorious human aggregate of love and good intentions, which, quite frankly, bored her most of the time." —The Advertiser, October 12, 1991
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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