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the new edition adds a bit:
nonce-wd. (Revived only from dict. record.)
[Humorously < classical Latin maritus husband (see MARRY v.) + -ORIOUS (in UXORIOUS a.: cf. -ORIOUS), punningly on MERITORIOUS a.]
Greatly or excessively fond of one's husband.
1607 G. CHAPMAN Bussy d'Ambois II. 22 Dames maritorious, ne're were meritorious.
1978 P. HOWARD Weasel Words xliv. 166 ‘My husband and I’, is felt to be..charmingly whatever adjective is the wifely feminine of uxorious. The adjective you are looking for is the extremely rare word ‘maritorious’.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted uxorious johnjohn 11/03/02 10:48 AM Re: uxorious Faldage 11/03/02 11:54 AM Re: uxorious tsuwm 11/03/02 04:12 PM Re: uxorious wwh 11/03/02 08:16 PM Re: uxorious johnjohn 11/06/02 12:25 AM Re: uxorious wwh 11/06/02 12:57 AM Re: uxorious RhubarbCommando 11/06/02 10:14 AM Re: uxorious Faldage 11/06/02 10:47 AM
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