different between uxorial vs uxorious

English

Etymology

From Latin ux?rius (“of or pertaining to a wife; overly fond of one’s wife”) + English -al (suffix forming adjectives). Ux?rius is derived from uxor (“wife”) + -ius (suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?s??.??.?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?s?.?i.?l/, /?k-/
• Rhymes: -?????l
• Hyphenation: ux?or?i?al

Adjective

uxorial (not generally comparable, comparative more uxorial, superlative most uxorial)

1. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to a wife, or her genes or relatives.

   (of or pertaining to a wife): Synonyms: wifelike, wifely, wifey
2. (comparable) Devoted to one's wife; uxorious.

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English

Etymology

Latin uxorius (“of or pertaining to a wife”) from uxor (“wife”), late 16th c..

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?s???.i.?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?s??.i.?s/, /???z??.i.?s/

Adjective

uxorious (comparative more uxorious, superlative most uxorious)

1. Very devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife.
   • 1991, The Advertiser, 12 Oct.,

     She was the cross her cuckolded, incompatible husband had to bear, and he was—beneath those fantastic uniforms—the pathetic, uxorious human aggregate of love and good intentions, which, quite frankly, bored her most of the time.

Synonyms

• doting

Coordinate terms

• maritorious

Related terms

• uxorial
• uxoricide

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