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\uhk-SAWR-ee-uhs, -SOHR-, uhg-ZAWR-, -zohr-\
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adjective
1. doting upon, foolishly fond of, or affectionately submissive toward one's wife.
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Keith is genial, straightforward, considerate, clear-eyed. He is also charmingly uxorious, constantly deferring to Kim, who, for her part, is fully abreast of Keith's darting hopes and fears.
-- Martin Amis, "Darts: Gutted for Keith," Visiting Mrs. Nabokov and Other Excursions, 1993
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Uxorious finds its roots in the Latin word ūxor meaning "wife."
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