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Meaning of "uxorial" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD UXORIAL

From Latin uxor wife.
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PRONUNCIATION OF UXORIAL

uxorial  [ʌkˈsɔːrɪəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UXORIAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Uxorial is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UXORIAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of uxorial in the English dictionary

The definition of uxorial in the dictionary is of or relating to a wife.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UXORIAL


accessorial
ˌæksɛˈsɔːrɪəl
assessorial
ˌæsɛˈsɔːrɪəl
censorial
sɛnˈsɔːrɪəl
cursorial
kɜːˈsɔːrɪəl
editorial
ˌɛdɪˈtɔːrɪəl
fossorial
fɒˈsɔːrɪəl
gressorial
ɡrɛˈsɔːrɪəl
insessorial
ˌɪnsɛˈsɔːrɪəl
memorial
mɪˈmɔːrɪəl
nonprofessorial
ˌnɒnˌprɒfəˈsɔːrɪəl
prehensorial
ˌpriːhenˈsɔːrɪəl
professorial
ˌprɒfəˈsɔːrɪəl
rasorial
rəˈsɔːrɪəl
responsorial
rɪspɒnˈsɔːrɪəl
scansorial
skænˈsɔːrɪəl
sensorial
senˈsɔːrɪəl
sponsorial
spɒnˈsɔːrɪəl
suspensorial
ˌsʌspenˈsɔːrɪəl
tensorial
tɛnˈsɔːrɪəl
tonsorial
tɒnˈsɔːrɪəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UXORIAL

uvula
uvulae
uvular
uvularly
uvulitis
UWB
UWIST
Uxbridge
Uxmal
uxorially
uxoricidal
uxoricide
uxorilocal
uxorious
uxoriously
uxoriousness
uy
Uys
uz

WORDS THAT END LIKE UXORIAL

advertorial
ambassadorial
combinatorial
curatorial
dictatorial
directorial
equatorial
Escorial
factorial
gladiatorial
gubernatorial
industrial
janitorial
manorial
pictorial
sartorial
sectorial
senatorial
territorial
vectorial
war memorial

Synonyms and antonyms of uxorial in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «uxorial» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UXORIAL

Find out the translation of uxorial to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of uxorial from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «uxorial» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

uxorial
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

uxorial
570 millions of speakers

English

uxorial
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

uxorial
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

uxorial
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

uxorial
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

uxorial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

uxorial
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

uxorial
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Uxorial
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

uxorial
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

uxorial
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

uxorial
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Uxorial
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

uxorial
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மனைவிக்குரிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

युक्झोरियल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uxorial
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

uxorial
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uxorial
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

uxorial
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

uxorial
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

uxorial
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uxorial
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uxorial
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uxorial
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of uxorial

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UXORIAL»

The term «uxorial» is used very little and occupies the 152.318 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UXORIAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «uxorial» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «uxorial» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about uxorial

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UXORIAL»

Discover the use of uxorial in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to uxorial and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
International Studeis in Sociology and Social Anthropolgy
The first, which we may call uxorial rights, refers to the personal rights and duties of the spouses to each other. The other cluster of rights refers to the rights which an individual spouse, or the group to which he belongs, may possess or acquire  ...
[Anonymus AC00130070], 1963
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International Studeis in Sociology and Social Anthropolgy
The first, which we may call uxorial rights, refers to the personal rights and duties of the spouses to each other. The other cluster of rights refers to the rights which an individual spouse, or the group to which he belongs, may possess or acquire  ...
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英语词源浅析:
... ÜHi^it-e-iSTW. $P uxorial duties ), uxorial privilèges (ÎiËJ^^i), ^o marital (/' maerital/) W*^.^ uxorial У. § f !l Ш $P marital duties , marital obligations , marital privilèges , marital arguments, ^Шт1Ь Éltk/^T extramarital (/.ekstrs'maeritöl/), ...
翁燕珩, 2003
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Social and Cultural Anthropology in Perspective
A man may hold uxorial rights in a woman, including rights of exclusive sexual access, and yet not enjoy concurrent genetricial rights in her. In societies where descent is traced matrilineally through women, children belong to the mother's and ...
‎2009
5
Transformations of African Marriage
The Iteso do not make the uxorial- childbirth distinction but clearly focus on childbirth in practice. At divorce only a small portion of the payments need be returned if the wife has borne children. If she has performed the egwasit ceremony of final ...
David Parkin, David Nyamwaya, 1987
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Sexual Politics in the Biblical Narrative: Reading the ...
Thus the literary structure of the adultery scenes confirms the patriar— chal notion that uxorial monogamy is the proper and natural order, and that any deviation from this order might result in serious consequences. Although the adultery ...
Esther Fuchs, 2003
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Garner's Modern American Usage
Language-Change Index upmost misused for utmost: Stage 1 uxorial; uxorious. The first is neutral, the second pejorative. Uxorial = of or relating to a wife. E.g.: “ Greer Garson became typecast in uxorial, middle-class roles.” “Obituary of Greer  ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
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Women and Men in Renaissance Venice: Twelve Essays on ...
See uxorial cycle; wives wills: as documentation, 155; dowry bequests in, 137-50; gender differences in, 127, 137-38; individuality of, 162-63; kinship orientation in, 118; women's, 126-27; — bequest patterns in, 120; — kinship orientation in, ...
Stanley Chojnacki, 2000
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Eleventh Edition
L uxor wife + -i- + -cidium -cide] : murder of a wife by her husband 2 [L uxor + E -i- + -cide} : a man who murders his wife ux-o-n-ous X.ak-'sor-e-as, ,3g-'z6r-\ adj [L uxorius uxorious, uxorial, fr. uxor wife] (1598) : excessively fond of or submissive  ...
‎2004
10
The Meaning of Marriage Payments
In other words, as the years have passed, the childbirth payment has varied as to the timing of its presentation during the wider span of the uxorial transfer: once it was early on, now it is right at the end. The moment of its passage is limited by ...
John L. Comaroff, 1980

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UXORIAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term uxorial is used in the context of the following news items.
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Leonard Bernstein and Louis Armstrong – music without boundaries
A strong uxorial influence is evident almost everywhere. The blue, bespoke kitchen is quintessentially 1950s, yet somehow timeless. In the front room, sofas are ... «Gramophone, Nov 14»
2
Five things no man should ever say to his wife
I refer, of course, to such uxorial inquiries as: “Does my bum look big in this?” Truth and Dare is a catastrophic no-winner for husbands. There is no upside. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»
3
Die Frau ohne Schatten, Royal Opera House - opera review
Guth shows us a woman torn between paternal authority and uxorial responsibilities. Much of the action is projected as her guilt-ridden dream: she has a ... «Evening Standard, Mar 14»
4
Home alone, with only a child and a babysitter for company
When they do I begin to take offence at this statement, in black and white, of uxorial scepticism at my parenting abilities. Then I notice that I should have got the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 13»
5
Orgueil et préjugés, traduit en jargon universitaire, un péché
... societies, especially in those where the masculine hegemony of capital resources presupposes the feminization of property and uxorial acquisition. sera rendu ... «Actualitté.com, Oct 13»
6
“Pride and Prejudice,” Translated into Academiotics
This male hegemony problematizes, dislocates, and obviates the performative coöperation between uxorial and sororal individualization in the circumforaneous ... «New Yorker, Oct 13»
7
Scandal at Clinton Inc.
Sosnik told me that there is something almost uxorial about spending so much time in Clinton's presence. “If you're with someone eighteen or nineteen hours a ... «The New Republic, Sep 13»
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Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including an Ionesco Vaudeville …
At its center is Keystone's modern-dress riff on the myth of Queen Alcestis (Kalean Ung), whose uxorial virtues extend to substituting her own life for that of her ... «LA Weekly, Jul 13»
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Exclusive First Read: Michael Chabon's 'Telegraph Avenue'
She had pegged him as the gently feckless type of Berkeley white guy, drawstring pants and Teva sandals worn over hiking socks, sworn to a life of uxorial ... «NPR, Aug 12»
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Hay Festival 2012: Bettany Hughes: 'Greece is a very sturdy nation'
"Originally it was going to be a whole week in Hay but I've got this minor detail of the husband doing the Diamond Jubilee so I thought it wouldn't be very uxorial ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 12»

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