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UXORIOUS
Definition of UXORIOUS
adjective
Very devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
UXORIOUS carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife.
Excessively or foolishly fond of a wife; doting on a wife.
adjective
Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband.
adjective
Overly devoted or submissive to one's wife.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin uxōrius (“of or pertaining to a wife”), from uxor (“wife”) + -ious.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UXORIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 535 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UXORIOUS starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IOORSUUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and O appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of UXORIOUS. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start UXORIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found UXORIOUS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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