Anglo-Saxon was to Norman as hen-pecked to uxorious.
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Uxorious
//ʌkˈsɔɹ.i.əs//
Synonyms for "uxorious" (28 found)
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13 translations across 6 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- vaimolleen alistuva adj (Very devoted and/or submissive to one's wife)
- vaimoonsa kiintynyt adj (Very devoted and/or submissive to one's wife)
French
1 entries- uxorieux adj (Very devoted and/or submissive to one's wife)
Russian
1 entries- подкаблучный adj (Very devoted and/or submissive to one's wife)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- papučarski adj (Very devoted and/or submissive to one's wife)
Spanish
4 entries- calzonazos adj (Very devoted and/or submissive to one's wife)
- macabeo adj (Very devoted and/or submissive to one's wife)
- mandilón adj (Very devoted and/or submissive to one's wife)
- mangoneado adj (Very devoted and/or submissive to one's wife)
Turkish
1 entries- hanımcı adj (Very devoted and/or submissive to one's wife)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
My dear Mrs. Juno, Gregory is one of those terribly uxorious men who ought to have ten wives.
Source: tatoeba (11697242)
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.
Source: wiktionary
In truth, Richard was a fond—almost an uxorious husband.
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