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uxorious

adjective /ʌkˈsɔːɹ.i.əs/

  1. Very devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.

    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, whoſe heart though large, Beguil'd by fair Idolatreſſes, fell To Idols foul.

    With theſe in troop

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin uxōrius (“of or pertaining to a wife”), from uxor (“wife”) + -ious.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry uxorious (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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