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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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