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Meaning of UXORIAL

Pronunciation:  uk'sowreeul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  of or befitting or characteristic of a wife
 
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 Synonyms: wifelike, wifely
 
 Antonyms: husbandly
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
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