Crossword clues for uxorial
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.
--Geddes.
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 besom has been exhibited as a signal that the house was freed from uxorial restraint, and where the master might be considered as a temporary bachelor.
[Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, notes to "The Tempest," 1778]
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to a wife, her genes, her relatives. 2 uxorious
WordNet
Usage examples of "uxorial".
He has gone, leaving behind him a young, inconsolable widow, with whom he shared but two years of uxorial bliss.