| uxor | (n) (legal terminology) the Latin word for wife, Syn. ux. |
| uxoricide | (n) a husband who murders his wife |
| uxoricide | (n) the murder of a wife by her husband |
| uxorious | (adj) foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife |
| uxoriously | (adv) in a loving and uxorious manner, Example: he kept deferring uxoriously to Mary |
| uxoriousness | (n) foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife |
| Uxorial | a. [ See Uxorious. ] Dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife; uxorious; also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] The speech [ of Zipporah, Ex. iv. 25 ] is not a speech of reproach or indignation, but of uxorial endearment. Geddes. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Uxoricidal | a. Of or pertaining to uxoricide; tending to uxoricide. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Uxoricide | n. [ L. uxor wife + caedere to kill. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Uxorious | a. [ L. uxorius, fr. uxor a wife. ] Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband. “Uxorious magistrates.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] How wouldst thou insult, -- |