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Uxorious

//ʌkˈsɔɹ.i.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Very devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion

    "With theſe in troop Came Aſtoreth, whom the Phœnicians call'd Aſtarte, Queen of Heav'n, with creſcent Horns; To whoſ,e bright Image nightly by the Moon Sidonian Virgins paid their Vows and Songs, In Sion alſo not unſung, where ſtood Her Temple on th' offensive Mountain, built By that uxorious King, whoſe heart though large, Beguil'd by fair Idolatreſſes, fell To Idols foul."

Adjective
  1. 1
    foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin uxōrius (“of or pertaining to a wife”), from uxor (“wife”).

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