Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Governed or controlled entirely by one's wife; domineered over.

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  • adjective Particularly of husbands, plagued or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing wife.

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  • adjective harassed by persistent nagging

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  • See uxorious.

    October 9, 2007

  • Is there a reverse of this word? If not, I suggest cockbitten.

    October 9, 2007

  • Ha! Love it!

    October 9, 2007

  • Yowch.

    October 9, 2007