uxor-
(Latin: wife; spouse [female])
uxorious (adjective), more uxorious, most uxorious
Excessively submissive to or devotedly attached to one's wife; especially, in a submissive and obedient way: Mark's wife had him "jumping through a hoop" which indicated that she had complete uxorious control over him.
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uxoriously (adverb)
uxoriousness (s) (noun)
The character or quality of doting or an excessive submissive fondness of one's wife.
Philander, Uxorious
I once knew a gander
True to his goose.
He didn't philander,
Didn't seduce.
Hail, meritorious
Gander uxorious!
uxorium
A tax imposed on male citizens in ancient Rome for not marrying.
uxorodespotic
A morbid domineering by one's wife: Jeff read about uxorodespotism and learned that his marriage was evidently not based on love or of partnership, so he decided to leave his wife as soon as possible.
uxorovalence
A condition of being sexually potent only with one's own wife but not with other women.
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