单词 | uxoriousness |
释义 | uxoriousnessn. The character or quality of being uxorious; doting or submissive fondness of one's wife. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > excessive love > submissive fondness of husband for wife uxoriousness1626 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [noun] > conjugal virtues or character > conjugal love > excessive love for wife uxoriousness1626 1626 J. Donne Serm. Whitehall 12 Hee had pleasd an Ill wife..but if he satisfied her, and his owne Vxoriousnesse, any satisfaction is not nothing. 1688 S. Penton Guardian's Instr. 26 You may manage your uxoriousness more warily than I have done. 1775 H. Downman Infancy: Bk. II ii. 308 Courage may be changed To brutal force;..and tender Nuptial Love To mean Uxoriousness. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vii. 120 Charles..is accused by all parties of..spiritless uxoriousness and subserviency to his Queen. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 4 A prince whose manhood was all gone, And molten down in mere uxoriousness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1626 |
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