uxorial

英 [ʌk'sɔːrɪəl] 美 [ʌk'sɔrɪəl]
  • adj. 妻子的;如妻子的
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uxorial 与妻子有关的

来自拉丁语uxor,妻子。

uxorial (adj.)
"of or pertaining to a wife," 1778, from Latin uxoris (see uxorious) + -al (1). Sometimes is used in the sense of uxorius.
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. [Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, notes to "The Tempest," 1778]