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adj
Very devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Borrowed from Latin uxōrius (“of or pertaining to a wife”), from uxor (“wife”) + -ious.
Across languages
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