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uxorious

ux·o·ri·ous [ uk sáwree əss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
excessively devoted to your wife: describes a man who is excessively devoted to or submissive to his wife

[Late 16th century. < Latin uxoriosus< uxor "wife"]

ux·o·ri·ous·ly adverb
ux·o·ri·ous·ness noun
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