uxorialadj.
/ʌkˈsɔːrɪəl/, U.S. /əkˈsɔriəl/, /əɡˈzɔriəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to a wife or wives.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of wife
wifelyOE
wivenc1400
wifelike1566
wifish1607
uxorial1800
1800 A. Geddes Crit. Rem. Script. 172 The speech [of Zipporah (Exodus iv. 25)] is not a speech of reproach or indignation, but of uxorial endearment.
1837 S. Wilberforce Let. in A. R. Ashwell Life S. Wilberforce (1880) I. 105 All your uxorial connections living in the neighbourhood.
1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. iv. i. 278 The beauty of wives—the uxorial beauty.
1896 Parl. Papers, Turkey No. 3 (1897) CI. 23 The rather generous uxorial laws of Islam.
2. = uxorious adj. 2.
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the mind > emotion > love > [adjective] > excessively loving > characterized by excessive love of wife > of actions
uxorious1623
uxorial1853
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [adjective] > characterized by excessive love of wife > specifically of actions
uxorious1623
uxorial1853
1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel II. viii. xii. 368 Riccabocca..melted into absolute uxorial imbecility at the sight of that mute distress.
1872 F. W. Robinson Bridge of Glass II. xx ‘Waiting for your wife!’ exclaimed Lady Coedstown. ‘Uxorial, is it not?’ he asked.
Derivatives
uxoriˈality n. rare the condition of being a wife; wifehood.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > condition or position of
wifehooda1393
wifeheadc1500
wifeship1658
uxorialitya1832
wiving1840
wifedom1845
a1832 J. Bentham Deontology (1834) I. 235 Maritality, uxoriality, paternity, maternity, filiality.
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