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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
In perfect thraldom!
– When I must live
uxorious
to thy willIn perfect thraldom!
Milton.
Ux-o′ri-ous-ly
, adv.
Ux-o′ri-ous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Uxorious
UXO'RIOUS
,Adj.
Definition 2024
uxorious
uxorious
English
Adjective
uxorious (comparative more uxorious, superlative most uxorious)
- Overly devoted or submissive to one's wife.
- 1991, The Advertiser, 12 Oct.,
- 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.
- 1991, The Advertiser, 12 Oct.,