"uxorious" meaning in English

See uxorious in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʌkˈsɔːɹ.i.əs/ [UK], /ʌkˈsɔɹ.i.əs/ [US], /ʌɡˈzɔɹ.i.əs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Gibraltar Rocks-uxorious.wav , en-us-uxorious.ogg Forms: more uxorious [comparative], most uxorious [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəs Etymology: Borrowed from Latin uxōrius (“of or pertaining to a wife”), from uxor (“wife”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|uxōrius||of or pertaining to a wife}} Borrowed from Latin uxōrius (“of or pertaining to a wife”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} uxorious (comparative more uxorious, superlative most uxorious)
  1. Very devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; exessive uxorial devotion Categories (topical): Marriage Synonyms: doting Derived forms: uxoriousness Related terms: uxorial, uxoricide Coordinate_terms: maritorious, whipped Translations (Very devoted and/or submissive to one's wife): vaimoonsa kiintynyt (Finnish), vaimolleen alistuva (Finnish), uxorieux [masculine] (French), подкаблучный (podkablučnyj) (Russian), papučarski [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mandilón [Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), calzonazos [Spain, masculine] (Spanish), pollerudo [Argentina, masculine] (Spanish), saco largo [Peru, masculine] (Spanish), pisado [Peru, masculine] (Spanish), macabeo [Chile, masculine] (Spanish), mangoneado [Chile, masculine] (Spanish), hanımcı (Turkish)
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