uxorious

adjective

ux·o·ri·ous ˌək-ˈsȯr-ē-əs

ˌəg-ˈzȯr-

: excessively fond of or submissive to a wife

uxoriously adverb

uxoriousness noun

Examples of uxorious in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Turgenev was gentle, uxorious, self-effacing and preternaturally empathetic. —

Sam Sacks, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2022 With insight and aplomb, Roberts completes his mission, revealing the king to have been a conventional, conservative gentleman, uxorious husband and father of 15. —

Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021 The uxorious Hoosier, whose political career seemed deader than Lazarus or Myspace two years ago, is now a heartbeat—or a Robert Mueller indictment— away from being leader of the free world. —

Nina Burleigh, Newsweek, 5 Oct. 2017

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