uxorious

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The brewer--uxorious Andrew Cogglesby--might and would have bought the commission.

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  1. adjective Excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife.

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  1. From Latin uxōrius, from uxor, wife.

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  1. from Latin uxorius, of or pertaining to a wife, from uxor, a wife.
 

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/əkˈsoʊrɪəs/
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