Uxorious

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ÊŒkˈsɔːɹ.i.É™s/
• US IPA: /ÊŒkˈsɔɹ.i.É™s/, /ʌɡˈzɔɹ.i.É™s/

Origin

Latin uxorius ("of or pertaining to a wife") from uxor ("wife").

Full definition of uxorious

Adjective

1. Overly devoted or submissive to one's wife.
• 1991, The Advertiser, 12 Oct.,She was the cross her cuckolded, incompatible husband had to bear, and he was—beneath those fantastic uniforms—the pathetic, uxorious human aggregate of love and good intentions, which, quite frankly, bored her most of the time.

Synonyms

• doting

Coordinate terms

• avuncular
• fraternal
• maternal
• paternal
• sisterly
• sororal

Related terms

• uxorial
• uxoricide