uxorial
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ʌkˈsɔː.ɹɪ.əl/
  • (GA) IPA: /ʌkˈsɔ.ɹi.əl/, /ək-/
Adjective

uxorial (not comparable)

  1. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to a wife, or her genes or relative#Noun|relatives.
    (of or pertaining to a wife) Synonyms: wifelike, wifely, wifey
  2. (comparable) devoted#Adjective|Devoted to one's wife; uxorious.
    • 1853, Pisistratus Caxton [pseudonym; Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XII, in “My Novel”; Or Varieties in English Life [...] In Four Volumes, volume II, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, OCLC 457185834 ↗, book eighth, page 368 ↗:
      Riccabocca, the wiliest and most relentless of men in his maxims, melted into absolute uxorial imbecility at the sight of that mute distress.
Related terms

Translations
  • Italian: uxorio
  • Spanish: uxorio



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