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Webster 1913 Edition


Uxorious

Ux-o′ri-ous

,
Adj.
[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.
–
Ux-o′ri-ous-ly
,
adv.
–
Ux-o′ri-ous-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Uxorious

UXO'RIOUS

,
Adj.
[L. uxorius, from uxor, wife.] Submissively fond of a wife.