Meaning of Uxoriousness | Babel Free

Definitions

Overt devotion or submissiveness to one's wife.

uncountable

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Examples

“The uxoriousness of Charles [the First] is re-echoed by all the writers of a certain party.”

“Then, like a shadow, past the people’s talk / And accusation of uxoriousness / Across her mind, and bowing over him, / Low to her own heart piteously she said:”

“Mr. Dougherty had intended to make the outing with his unwonted wife an inconspicuous one. Uxoriousness was a weakness that the precepts of the Caribs did not countenance.”

“There were times when it seemed that the comedy, verging though it did on the wildest farce, might include a certain reflection upon the sin of uxoriousness.”

“He is the embodiment of uxoriousness, frequently turning the conversation back to Cath […]”

“Boden's uxoriousness, his belief that the mother of your children is still desirable, has defined his brand.”

“Yet men go into matrimony as if to the gallows. Even my own husband - a model of uxoriousness, so far - turned a whiter shade of pale the night before our wedding. "I'm having a funny feeling," he confided, lying rigid on our bed like a felled tree. "I think it's called 'fight or flight'."”

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