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Blog EntryNov 1, '05 9:15 AM
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uxorious (adj.)

Pronunciation: êk-'sor-ee-yês or êg-'zor-ee-yês

Definition: Overly devoted or submissive to, dotingly or irrationally fond of, one's wife.

This fun little word comes from the Latin (again!! didn't see that coming!) uxor meaning "wife." It wasn't a quick jump to today's meaning. "Uxorial" is anything that is of or befitting a wife. There's also "uxoricide." Do not mistake me. I'm not advocating anything, just giving you the words.

Run the gambit of today's root!


socialmoth wrote on Nov 1, '05
i've been looking for a word to describe a submissive wife. as in: she is too..... doting? but that is more loving, not submissive? complacent, as in the eager to please, not self-satisfied. subdued?

i like your new icon, i can't imagine when that picture was taken.

anneewarbucks wrote on Nov 1, '05
Hey now. "[I]rrationally fond of" ... Isn't all fondness irrational?

ps--It took a certain irrational fondness to endure the RIGMAROLE involved in replying to your entry. For you, Bungalow Bill, but only you. Uxoriate THAT.
socialmoth wrote on Nov 2, '05
i agree about the rigmarole (good word) and would like to take this occasion to formally ask the internet to fix it. please stop making me type in my soul in order to post.
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