Uxorial

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Uxorial \Ux*o"ri*al\, a. [See {Uxorious}.]
     Dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife;
     uxorious; also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife. [R.]
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           The speech [of Zipporah, Ex. iv. 25] is not a speech of


           reproach or indignation, but of uxorial endearment.
                                                    --Geddes.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  uxorial
       adj : of or befitting or characteristic of a wife [syn: {wifely},
             {wifelike}] [ant: {husbandly}]