FRIDAY, JANUARY 10

Uxorious

[uhk-SOR-ee-əs]Part of speech: adjective

Origin: latin, late 16th century

Excessively affectionate toward one’s wife
Devoted to one’s wife

Examples of Uxorious in a sentence

His uxorious habit of giving flowers to his wife every Friday earned him some teasing at the florist.
After 50 years of marriage, he still felt as uxorious as he did on their wedding day.

About Uxorious

Being uxorious usually implies an excessive amount of affection or even submissiveness. While we won’t call her domineering, the wife in a uxorious couple is probably the boss of the house. In Latin, “uxor” means wife. Uxorious (adjective), uxoriously (adverb), and uxoriousness (noun) are all related to devotion and affection toward one’s wife.