About The Word Uxorial
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Uxorial
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What's The Definition Of Uxorial?
[adj] of or befitting or characteristic of a wife
Synonyms | Synonyms for Uxorial: wifelike | wifely Related Terms | Find terms related to Uxorial: See Also | Uxorial In Webster's Dictionary \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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