uxorious

adj.
Excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife.

[From Latin uxōrius, from uxor, wife.]

uxoriously ux·o'ri·ous·ly adv.
uxoriousness ux·o'ri·ous·ness n.

"Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play..." That may have been true for Paul McCartney in his first marriage, but not so much in his second; he recently announced his separation from Heather Mills McCartney:

"He was a famously uxorious man who was said to have spent only one night away from his first wife, Linda, in 29 years of marriage (she died of cancer in 1998)."

Link: Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, wife separating

Posted May 18, 2006.

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excessively fond of or submissive to a wife

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A perverted affection that has strayed to one's own wife.

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IN BRIEF: Irrationally fond of one's own wife.

He wondered if he was being a bit uxorious when he bought the diamond earrings for his wife.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - svag over for sin kone, stærkt indtaget af sin kone

Nederlands (Dutch)
(overmatig) verzot op zijn vrouw

Français (French)
adj. - soumis (hum, péj)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - (zu) sehr in seine Ehefrau vernarrt, unter dem Pantoffel stehend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - γυναικόδουλος

Italiano (Italian)
dominato dalla moglie

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - excessivamente carinhoso com a esposa

Русский (Russian)
чрезмерно любящий свою жену

Español (Spanish)
adj. - locamente enamorado de su mujer, dominado por su mujer

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - svag för sin hustru, undergiven (sin hustru)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
疼爱妻子的, 对妻子宽容的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 疼愛妻子的, 對妻子寬容的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 아내를 너무 위하는, 애처가인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 妻に甘すぎる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مفرط في الشغف بزوجته‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מחבב אישתו ביותר, מסור לרעייתו מאוד‬

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