“uxorial”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

uxorial

释义

uxorial, a.|ʌkˈsɔərɪəl|
[f. L. ūxōri-us uxorious a. + -al¹.]
1. Of or pertaining to a wife or wives.
1800A. Geddes Crit. Rem. Script. 172 The speech [of Zipporah (Exodus iv. 25)] is not a speech of reproach or indignation, but of uxorial endearment.1837Bp. Wilberforce Let. in Ashwell Life (1880) I. 105 All your uxorial connections living in the neighbourhood.1853Lytton My Novel iv. i, The beauty of wives—the uxorial beauty.1896Parl. Papers, Turkey No. 3 (1897) CI. 23 The rather generous uxorial laws of Islam.
2. = uxorious a. 2.
1853Lytton My Novel viii. xii, Riccabocca..melted into absolute uxorial imbecility at the sight of that mute distress.1872F. W. Robinson Bridge of Glass ii. xx, ‘Waiting for your wife!’ exclaimed Lady Coedstown. ‘Uxorial, is it not?’ he asked.
Hence uxoriˈality, the condition of being a wife; wifehood. rare^—1.
a1832Bentham Deontol. (1834) I. 235 Maritality, uxoriality, paternity, maternity, filiality.

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