uxorious
pronunciation
How to pronounce uxorious in British English:
UK [ʌk'sɔ:rɪəs]
How to pronounce uxorious in American English:
US [ʌk'soʊrɪrs]
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- Adjective:
- foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife
Word Origin
- uxorious (adj.)
- "excessively fond of or submissive to one's wife," 1590s, from Latin uxorius "of or pertaining to a wife," also "devoted to a wife" or "ruled by a wife," from uxor (genitive uxoris) "wife," according to Watkins from PIE *uk-sor- "'she who gets accustomed" (to a new household)' after patrilocal marriage."
Example
- 1. Really like your fathers species , uxorious !
- 2. His friends laughed at him because he was so uxorious and submissive to his wife 's desires .
- 3. The uxorious rupert reacted to the journal story with fury , calling the paper to complain .
- 4. Unlike those for car insurance , the premiums are flat rates : the libidinous will pay the same as the uxorious .
- 5. He carried the philosophy further , claiming that a mother or an uxorious wife necessarily had ' an enclosed heart ' because it is ' turned away from the world ' to fasten on one object .