uxoriousness
1uxoriousness — uxorious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ showing great or excessive fondness for one s wife. DERIVATIVES uxoriousness noun. ORIGIN Latin uxoriosus, from uxor wife …
2Uxoriousness — Uxorious Ux*o ri*ous, a. [L. uxorius, fr. uxor a wife.] Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband. Uxorious magistrates. Milton. [1913 Webster] How wouldst thou insult, When I must live uxorious to thy will In… …
3uxoriousness — noun see uxorious …
4uxoriousness — See uxoriously. * * * …
5uxoriousness — noun Overt devotion or submissiveness to ones wife …
6uxoriousness — ux o·ri·ous·ness || ÊŒk sÉ”Ërɪəsnɪs n. being excessively doting upon one s wife, excessive submission to one s wife …
7uxoriousness — n. Philogyny, connubial dotage …
8uxoriousness — ux·o·ri·ous·ness …
9uxoriousness — noun foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one s wife • Derivationally related forms: ↑uxorious • Hypernyms: ↑affectionateness, ↑fondness, ↑lovingness, ↑warmth …
10Philogyny — Phi*log y*ny, n. [Gr. ?; ? loving + ? woman.] Fondness for women; uxoriousness; opposed to {misogyny}. [R.] Byron. [1913 Webster] …
