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Definition of uxorial in English: uxorialadjective ʌkˈsɔːrɪəlˌəkˈsôrēəl Relating to a wife. she was typecast in uxorial roles Example sentencesExamples - While she never seems to have shied away from revealing every detail about her sex life, on this subject she remains studiously tight-lipped, only hinting about her own uxorial conflicts.
- They are both archetypes of uxorial love and devotion.
- Wormholes, the first of my uxorial collaborations, is a game of starship tactics.
- Her disdain for the uxorial role is well-known.
- The women's auxiliaries articulated an uxorial identity for their members and stressed the importance of well-managed homes with competent wives at the helm.
Origin Early 19th century: from Latin uxor 'wife' + -ial. Rhymes accessorial, accusatorial, advertorial, ambassadorial, arboreal, armorial, auditorial, authorial, boreal, censorial, combinatorial, consistorial, conspiratorial, corporeal, curatorial, dictatorial, directorial, editorial, equatorial, executorial, gladiatorial, gubernatorial, immemorial, imperatorial, janitorial, lavatorial, manorial, marmoreal, memorial, monitorial, natatorial, oratorial, oriel, pictorial, piscatorial, prefectorial, professorial, proprietorial, rectorial, reportorial, sartorial, scriptorial, sectorial, senatorial, territorial, tonsorial, tutorial, vectorial, visitorial Definition of uxorial in US English: uxorialadjectiveˌəkˈsôrēəl Relating to a wife. she was typecast in uxorial roles Example sentencesExamples - While she never seems to have shied away from revealing every detail about her sex life, on this subject she remains studiously tight-lipped, only hinting about her own uxorial conflicts.
- The women's auxiliaries articulated an uxorial identity for their members and stressed the importance of well-managed homes with competent wives at the helm.
- They are both archetypes of uxorial love and devotion.
- Her disdain for the uxorial role is well-known.
- Wormholes, the first of my uxorial collaborations, is a game of starship tactics.
Origin Early 19th century: from Latin uxor ‘wife’ + -ial. |