Uxory

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of uxoriousness. rare, uncountable

    "[…] Mrs. Johnson was sighing softly, partly in recollection of the dear departed who had sent home that sofa in a spasm of uxory, and partly in anticipation of replacing him with another."

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"[…] Mrs. Johnson was sighing softly, partly in recollection of the dear departed who had sent home that sofa in a spasm of uxory, and partly in anticipation of replacing him with another."

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