uxory
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[edit]Noun
[edit]uxory (uncountable)
- (rare) Synonym of uxoriousness
- 1878, Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours, volume 23, page 246:
- […] Mrs. Johnson was sighing softly, partly in recollection of the dear departed who had sent home that sofa in a spasm of uxory, and partly in anticipation of replacing him with another.