uxorious
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9.9
A person who shows too much love and respect for their wife
- adjective
- /ʌkˈsɔːriəs/
- Formal
:
uxorioso
- He was so uxorious that he never missed an opportunity to compliment his wife.
Examples
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Uxorious, I doubt, will be an issue.
Fiction book (2001) -
Uxorious.
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But for all his courtliness, the Prince was urgently sensual as well as needily uxorious.
Academic text (1999) -
Everyone knew he was uxorious, always buying flowers and gifts for his beloved wife.
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Despite his friends teasing him, he took pride in being uxorious and showing affection to his wife.
Antonyms
How Affectionate
Surface Forms
uxorious positive
Morphology
uxorious = uxor + ious
Built from the non‑English combining form 'uxor' + the adjective suffix '-ious'; the root is not a productive English base, so the meaning is not transparently derivable by an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Uxorious comes from the Latin word uxor, which means 'wife'. So an uxorious person shows too much love or loyalty to their wife and often seems overly eager to please her.