uxorial

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Of or pertaining to a wife, or her genes or relatives.

   “We ſtill ſay that a huſband hangs out the broom when his wife goes from home for a ſhort time; and on ſuch occaſions a broom beſom has been exhibited as a ſignal that the houſe was freed from uxorial reſtraint, and where the maſter might be conſidered as a temporary bachelor.”

2. sıfat Devoted to one's wife; uxorious.

   “Riccabocca, the wiliest and most relentless of men in his maxims, melted into absolute uxorial imbecility at the sight of that mute distress.”