uxorious
/ʌkˈsɔːɹ.i.əs//ʌkˈsɔɹ.i.əs/
uxorious adjective: very devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.
Adjective
uxorious (comparative more uxorious, superlative most uxorious)
- Very devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.
- 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...1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished... - In truth, Richard was a fond—almost an uxorious husband.1825 June 22, [Walter Scott], Tales of the Crusaders. […], volume IV (The Talisman), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co....
- Synonyms:
- doting
- With theſe in troop
uxorious meaning in Urdu and Bengali
uxorious in Urdu
- uxorious
- زن مرید zan-murīd
- uxorious or henpecked person
- زن مرید zan-murīd
uxorious in Bengali
- স্ত্রীর প্রতি অতিরিক্ত অনুরক্ত
Examples of uxorious in a sentence
- Watkins Tottle was a rather uncommon compound of strong uxorious inclinations, and an unparalleled degree of anti-connubial timidity.1836, “Boz” [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Sketches by “Boz,” Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People. […], volume II, London...
- The king, who was a most uxorious husband, at first ridiculed the notion, but at length consented, as he did to everything else on which her majesty had set her heart.1872, Samuel Butler, chapter XXIV, in Erewhon […] , London: Trübner & Co., →OCLC, page 226:
Synonyms of uxorious
Forms of uxorious
| comparative | more uxorious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most uxorious |
Origin of uxorious
Borrowed from Latin uxōrius (“of or pertaining to a wife”), from uxor (“wife”) + -ious.
Words formed from uxorious
Words that rhyme with uxorious
- glorious
- notorious
- uproarious
- censorious
- laborious
- memorious
- inglorious
- unglorious
- victorious
- amatorious
- deletorious
- desultorious
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Questions about uxorious
- What does uxorious mean?
- Uxorious means very devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.
- What is uxorious in Urdu?
- Uxorious in Urdu is زن مرید (zan-murīd). See Uxorious meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use uxorious in a sentence?
- Watkins Tottle was a rather uncommon compound of strong uxorious inclinations, and an unparalleled degree of anti-connubial timidity.
- What part of speech is uxorious?
- Uxorious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce uxorious?
- Uxorious is pronounced /ʌkˈsɔːɹ.i.əs/ (UK).
Words near uxorious in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: uxorious (page history and authors); زن مرید (Urdu) (page history and authors); uxorious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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