Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Who's Submissive To Who?

Today's Word "uxorious"
Excessively fond of a wife
uxorious \uk-SOR-ee-us; ug-ZOR-\ (adjective) - Excessively fond of or submissive to a wife.

"Of looks, words, consideration, habitual deference, and eager attention, I was quite as uxorious as I should have been of the warm kiss, or the yielding, fond embrace." -- W. Gilmore Simms, 'Confession, Or, the Blind Heart'

Uxorious is from Latin uxorius, from uxor, wife.

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