different between uxorious vs pussywhipped

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

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• pussy-whipped, pussy whipped

Etymology

First attested 1956. From pussy and whipped.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?si?(h)w?pt/
• Hyphenation: pussy?whipped

Adjective

pussywhipped (comparative more pussywhipped, superlative most pussywhipped)

1. (slang, vulgar, of a man) Submissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner, frequently with the connotation that this submissive behavior is for the prospect of sex.

   Synonyms: cowed, henpecked, under the thumb, uxorious, whipped

See also

• cunt-struck

Translations

Verb

pussywhipped

1. past participle of pussywhip