uxor- +
(Latin: wife; spouse [female])
et uxor; et ux.
And wife.
This is a legal phrase and abbreviation for "and wife".
Polygamia est plurium simul virorum uxorumve connubium
Polygamy is a marriage with many husbands or wives at one time.
—Black’s Law Dictionary, 6th ed.; West Publishing Co.;
St. Paul, Minnesota;1990.
uxor
1. In civil law, a wife; a woman lawfully married.
2. Et uxor, and his wife. Often abbreviated "et ux."
3. Jure uxoris, a term used in reference to a husband who brings about some legal action on behalf of his wife.
uxoravalence
A condition of being sexually impotent with one's own wife but potent with other women. (See uxorovalence for the opposite condition).
uxoravalent
Sexually impotent with one's wife while being potent with other women.
uxorial
1. Of or pertaining to a wife or wives.
2. Typical of, characteristic of, or befitting a wife.
uxoriality
The condition of being a wife; wifehood.
uxoricide, uxoricidal
1. The killing of one’s wife or the murder of a wife by her husband.
2. The murdering of one's own wife or the man who kills his wife.
uxoricidic, uxoricidal
Of, relating to, or marked by the murder of one's wife.
uxoricidomania
Obsession with thoughts of killing one's wife.
uxorilocal, uxorilocally
Applied to or denoting residence after marriage in the area of the wife's home, family, or community.
uxoriosis
A masochistic submissiveness to one's wife.
uxorious, uxoriously
1. Excessively submissive to or devotedly attached, to one's wife; especially in a self-effacing or submissive way.
2. Doting upon, foolishly fond of, or affectionately submissive toward one's wife.
uxoriousness
The character or quality of being uxorious; 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!
—Willard R. Espy in Say It My Way, 1980.
uxorium
A tax imposed on male citizens in ancient Rome for not marrying.
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