Uxorious
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʌkˈsɔːɹ.i.əs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Uxorious is an adjective meaning Very devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.
Meaning
Very devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.
Example Sentences
In truth, Richard was a fond—almost an uxorious husband.
But Daylight was not unduly uxorious. He lived his man's life just as she lived her woman's life.
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.
Synonyms for uxorious
Depending on context, synonyms include doting, loving.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include loving, married, spousely, wifey, wifely, husbandly.
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