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uxorial |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Uxorial \Ux*o"ri*al\, a. [See {Uxorious}.] Dotingly fond of or servilely submissive to a wife; uxorious; also becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife. [R.] The speech [of Zipporah, Ex iv 25] is not a speech of reproach or indignation, but of uxorial endearment. --Geddes. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: uxorial adj : of or befitting or characteristic of a wife [syn: {wifely}, {wifelike}] [ant: {husbandly}]
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