uxorial的意思

uxorial

英式音标[ʌk'sɔrɪəl]
美式英标[ʌk'sɔːrɪəl]

基本解释

adj. 妻子的；如妻子的

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]