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Answer for the clue "Wife's exposed buxom rival with no heart ", 7 letters:
uxorial

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or befitting or characteristic of a wife [syn: wifely , wifelike ] [ant: husbandly ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"of or pertaining to a wife," 1778, from Latin uxoris (see uxorious ) + -al (1). Sometimes is used in the sense of uxorius .\n\nWe still say that a husband hangs out the broom when his wife goes from home for a short time; and on such occasions a broom ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to a wife, her genes, her relatives. 2 uxorious

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Uxorial \Ux*o"ri*al\, a. [See Uxorious .] Dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife; uxorious; also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife. [R.] The speech [of Zipporah, Ex. iv. 25] is not a speech of reproach or indignation, but of uxorial endearment. ...

Usage examples of uxorial.

He has gone, leaving behind him a young, inconsolable widow, with whom he shared but two years of uxorial bliss.