• Uxoriousness

    Origin

    uxorious + -ness

    Full definition of uxoriousness

    Noun

    uxoriousness

    (uncountable)
    1. Overt devotion or submissiveness to one's wife.
      • 1835, Isaac D'Israeli, Curiosities of Literature, The uxoriousness of Charles First is re-echoed by all the writers of a certain party.
      • 1918, August 6, 'Keep Her Smiling' Wins At the Astor, There were times when it seemed that the comedy, verging though it did on the wildest farce, might include a certain reflection upon the sin of uxoriousness.
      • 1998, November 22, An angel at my table, He is the embodiment of uxoriousness, frequently turning the conversation back to Cath ...
      • 2003, May 14, Janice Turner, Boden's way, Boden's uxoriousness, his belief that the mother of your children is still desirable, has defined his brand.
      • 2007, February 3, Jemima Lewis, Jemima Lewis: Why British men make good husbands, Yet men go into matrimony as if to the gallows. Even my own husband - a model of uxoriousness, so far - turned a whiter shade of pale the night before our wedding. "I'm having a funny feeling," he confided, lying rigid on our bed like a felled tree. "I think it's called 'fight or flight'."
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