uxorial
英 [ʌk'sɔːrɪəl]
美[ʌk'sɔrɪəl]
- adj. 妻子的；如妻子的
中文词源
uxorial 与妻子有关的
来自拉丁语uxor,妻子。
英文词源
- 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]