[f. prec. + -NESS.] The character or quality of being uxorious; doting or submissive fondness of one’s wife.
1626. Donne, Serm., 24 Feb., 12. If he satisfied her, and his owne Vxoriousnesse, any satisfaction is not nothing.
1688. Penton, Guardian’s Instruction, 26. You may manage your uxoriousness more warily than I have done.
1775. H. Downman, Infancy, II. 308. Courage may be changed To brutal force;… and tender Nuptial Love To mean Uxoriousness.
1830. D’Israeli, Chas. I., III. vii. 120. Charles … is accused by all parties of … spiritless uxoriousness and subserviency to his Queen.
1859. Tennyson, Marriage of Geraint, 60. A prince whose manhood was all gone, And molten down in mere uxoriousness.
