03-08-2006, 09:47 PM
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Polly thinks you are tiggeriffic!!!
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Uxorious...never heard of this one either
Uxorious (Adjective)
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http://www.yourdictionary.com/images/x.gifPronunciation: [êk-'sor-ee-yês or êg-'zor-ee-yês]
Definition 1: Overly devoted or submissive to one's wife.
Usage 1: Here is a recent quotation. "Because she is set off against this unremitting uxoriousness, this Valentine's card of a campaign, Hillary seems so very alone." -- Maureen Dowd, "Lonely Passion of Hillary," NYT, October 1, 2000.
Suggested usage: Now, at last, we have a substitute for colloquial "hen-pecked." "The combination of his wife's wealth and ego left him hopelessly uxorious." "Poor Ned uxioriously carried out Susan's commands one after another." Now you can actually say things like this in front of Ned and Susan (if they do not subscribe to yourDictionary's Word of the Day).
Etymology: Latin uxorius from uxor "wife." The origin of the Latin word is dubious.
—Dr. Language, yourDictionary.com
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