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uxorious

UK/ʌk'sɒ:riәs/US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Excessively devoted or submissive to one's wife; overly doting on one's wife.

过分宠爱妻子的;怕老婆的

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
uxorroot
+
iconnector
+
ousfull of, having the quality of
=uxorious

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He was uxorious to the point of neglecting his own health and professional ambitions.

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