Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being uxorious; connubial dotage; foolish fondness for a wife.
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- noun Overt
devotion orsubmissiveness to one's wife.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife
Etymologies
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Examples
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We are all aware that the Obamas have a wonderful marriage, and his uxoriousness is the talk of all the women's magazines; but is she really influential when it comes to surging in Afghanistan; bombing Iran; and the political haggling over taxes?
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I swoon with delight - if only because of "uxoriousness".
Lend Me A Tenor deliasherman 2010
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I was very fond of Anthony LaPaglia, too, as the eponymous tenor, who turns on a dime from lust to uxoriousness, from despair to confusion, from star quality to human concern for a fellow artist, without ever losing his character along the way.
Lend Me A Tenor deliasherman 2010
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I was very fond of Anthony LaPaglia, too, as the eponymous tenor, who turns on a dime from lust to uxoriousness, from despair to confusion, from star quality to human concern for a fellow artist, without ever losing his character along the way.
Lend Me A Tenor deliasherman 2010
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The most fascinating character is a satiric old courtier, Eubulus, who spends the whole play railing against the Hungarian king's uxoriousness.
The Picture – review Michael Billington 2010
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Eye color, walking stride, and uxoriousness are examples of traits which are not ordinarily competencies of consequence to leadership.
The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008
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Eye color, walking stride, and uxoriousness are examples of traits which are not ordinarily competencies of consequence to leadership.
The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008
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When you are in your "caretaking" mode, like you do with me in the mornings, or with your dolls Jeannie, Patty and Millie (Ludmilla), your affection and uxoriousness is heart-achingly boundless.
on not going gently 2007
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When you are in your "caretaking" mode, like you do with me in the mornings, or with your dolls Jeannie, Patty and Millie (Ludmilla), your affection and uxoriousness is heart-achingly boundless.
eleventeen 2007
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Though some speeches included words like "geriatrics" and "uxoriousness," the Flesch readability test--designed to measure how difficult a text is to understand--placed them at a fifth-grade reading level.
chained_bear commented on the word uxoriousness
The character or quality of being uxorious; doting or submissive fondness of one's wife.
October 9, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word uxoriousness
Anyone else find it interesting that there doesn't seem to be an equivalent term for doting or submissive fondness of one's husband? I guess because that was considered the ideal way of things, so they didn't have to invent a word for it...
October 9, 2007