He wondered if he was being a bit uxorious when he bought the diamond earrings for his wife. From LearnThat.org.
A few people suggested that the existing word uxorious would fill the bill. From Wordnik.com. [Word Fugitives] Reference
But you know the King was the most uxorious of men. From Wordnik.com. [Cromwell & Wolsey: From 'Wolf Hall'] Reference
He was uxorious, and it used to come out after his wine. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866] Reference
In truth, Richard was a fond, almost a uxorious husband. From Wordnik.com. [The Talisman] Reference
"Indeed she is, but I had taken you for an uxorious man.". From Wordnik.com. [Soul] Reference
Let's all vote for the most uxorious man to be President. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference
As a wife, I praise you for your blatantly uxorious ways. From Wordnik.com. [Uxorial Pictures, 3/13/07 « Whatever] Reference
The old Bill was great; the new, uxorious Bill is grating. From Wordnik.com. [Nick Antosca: Primary Voters--Will You Endorse Hillary, the Cold Toad of American Politics?] Reference
So what's a sexually frustrated — but uxorious — guy to do?. From Wordnik.com. ['Steve' Is All About Inanity] Reference
He lived in right relations, was fun in the evenings, uxorious. From Wordnik.com. [Philocrites: New book on Joseph Priestley focus of UUHS event.] Reference
"What would you like to do?" murmurs iLane, in its uxorious synthetic female voice. From Wordnik.com. [Machines That Won't Shut Up] Reference
Nothing about him suggested a natural preference for female company, or an uxorious inclination. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
Now, however, he was not merely devoted, but uxorious; and in 1811, after the birth of the little. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
Reason is in like manner enthralled by passion, as an uxorious man is in the hands of an artful woman. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2] Reference
The uxorious Obama had more important things to do--attend a Christmas party or Michelle might get mad at him. From Wordnik.com. [Jacob Heilbrunn: God Bless Bernie Sanders] Reference
The uxorious Obama had more important things to do -- attend a Christmas party or Michelle might get mad at him. From Wordnik.com. [Jacob Heilbrunn: God Bless Bernie Sanders] Reference
Probably the uxorious youth had been ordered home by his pet wife, who had once lived with a European trader, who spoke. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
Jamie Fraser was an honorable man, he was deeply uxorious-and he had been in the depths of despair and exhaustion during Claire's illness. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
The most uxorious of husbands, he was absurdly jealous. From Wordnik.com. [The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers] Reference
He was a very uxorious man, you know, and most domestic. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 5, 1916] Reference
The subject was one which was dear to the uxorious herder. From Wordnik.com. [The Fighting Shepherdess] Reference
Of their consideration and regard I was equally uxorious as. From Wordnik.com. [Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story] Reference
Yet obey the uxorious yoke and are tamed by Dione her doom. From Wordnik.com. [Brother Copas] Reference
Why, of course, Tom Redworth would be uxorious -- the very man!. From Wordnik.com. [Diana of the Crossways — Complete] Reference
I have no wish to see the uxorious object, though you praise him. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete] Reference
SIR PAUL PLYANT, an uxorious, foolish old knight; brother to Lady. From Wordnik.com. [The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2]] Reference
In consequence, he had been often thought a weak, uxorious person. From Wordnik.com. [Sir George Tressady — Volume II] Reference
He can still sit and stare at her with a startlingly uxorious eye. From Wordnik.com. [The Prairie Child] Reference
Now that it was mine -- mine, at last -- I grew uxorious in its contemplation. From Wordnik.com. [Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story] Reference
Of them all Hilperik, the King of Neustria, was the most uxorious and effeminate. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rouen] Reference
The brewer -- uxorious Andrew Cogglesby -- might and would have bought the commission. From Wordnik.com. [Evan Harrington — Complete] Reference
The duchess made a solemn vow to that effect, but the uxorious feelings of the duke were not yet satisfied. From Wordnik.com. [The Crayon Papers] Reference
At once slovenly and uxorious, he detested his drills and loved his wives with equal earnestness; and altogether. From Wordnik.com. [The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan] Reference
Many are wedded to a theory or period, and are the most uxorious of husbands -- ever ready to resent an affront to their lady. From Wordnik.com. [Obiter Dicta Second Series] Reference
They were supposed to be on terms of close friendship with Pitt, who had married their sister, and was the most uxorious of husbands. From Wordnik.com. [Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3)] Reference
Probably the uxorious youth had been ordered home by his pet wife, who had once lived with a European trader, who spoke a few words of. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1] Reference
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