Uxorial \Ux*o"ri*al\, a. [See {Uxorious}.] Dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife; uxorious; also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife. [R.] The speech [of Zipporah, Ex. iv. 25] is not a speech of reproach or indignation, but of uxorial endearment. --Geddes.
uxorial adj : of or befitting or characteristic of a wife [syn: {wifely}, {wifelike}] [ant: {husbandly}]