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ux·o·ri·ous    Audio Help   [uhk-sawr-ee-uhs, -sohr-, uhg-zawr-, -zohr-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
doting upon, foolishly fond of, or affectionately submissive toward one's wife.
[Origin: 1590–1600; < L ūxōrius, equiv. to ūxor wife + -ius -ious]

—Related forms
ux·o·ri·ous·ly, adverb
ux·o·ri·ous·ness, noun
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ux·o·ri·ous    Audio Help   (ŭk-sôr'ē-əs, -sōr'-, ŭg-zôr'-, -zōr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife.


[From Latin uxōrius, from uxor, wife.]

ux·o'ri·ous·ly adv., ux·o'ri·ous·ness n.
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uxorious 
"excessively fond of or submissive to one's wife," 1598, from L. uxorius "of or pertaining to a wife," from uxor (gen. uxoris) "wife," of unknown origin.

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uxorious

adjective
foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife 

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Uxorious

Ux*o"ri*al\, a. [See Uxorious.] Dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife; uxorious; also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife. [R.]

The speech [of Zipporah, Ex. iv. 25] is not a speech of reproach or indignation, but of uxorial endearment. --Geddes.
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