uxorious

(ŭk-sôr'ē-əs, -sōr'-, ŭg-zôr'-, -zōr'-)
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.

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"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.

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• Marriage and Divorce - uxorious: (adj) inordinately submissive to one’s wife

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See words rhyming with "uxorious."

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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