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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Love of house? #229126 04/07/2019 8:02 AM Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 1 SCSheehan stranger SCSheehan stranger Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 1 The question is: what word signifies an excess love of home in the same way “uxorius” signifies excessive love of a wife? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Love of house? SCSheehan #229128 04/07/2019 3:43 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water WELCOME ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Love of house? SCSheehan #229132 04/09/2019 1:02 PM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 London, UK A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 London, UK Originally Posted by SCSheehan The question is: what word signifies an excess love of home in the same way “uxorius” signifies excessive love of a wife? The nearest I can think of are: stay-at-home (adjective or noun) homebody (noun) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Love of house? SCSheehan #229134 04/09/2019 3:27 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water We have house-arrest. Perhaps housebound. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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