Crossword clues for uxorious
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Uxorious \Ux*o"ri*ous\, a. [L. uxorius, fr. uxor a wife.]
Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a
dependent husband. ``Uxorious magistrates.''
--Milton.
How wouldst thou insult,
When I must live uxorious to thy will
In perfect thraldom!
--Milton.
[1913 Webster] -- Uxo*o"ri*ous*ly, adv. --
Ux*o"ri*ous*ness, n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"excessively fond of or submissive to one's wife," 1590s, from Latin uxorius "of or pertaining to a wife," also "devoted to a wife" or "ruled by a wife," from uxor (genitive uxoris) "wife," according to Watkins from PIE *uk-sor- "'she who gets accustomed" (to a new household)' after patrilocal marriage."
Wiktionary
a. Overly devoted or submissive to one's wife.
WordNet
adj. foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife
Usage examples of "uxorious".
Words ending in ous have the accents on the antepenult, as uxorious, voluptuous.
Down there, far below, where the buttocks of the world slim down again, if you go far south enough you reach again the realm of perpetual cold that begins and ends our experience of this earth, those ranges of ice mountains where the bull-roaring winds bay and bellow and no people are, only the stately penguin in his frock coat not unlike yours, Daddy, the estimable but, unlike you, uxorious penguin who balances the precious egg on his feet while his dear wife goes out and has as good a time as the Antarctic may afford.