uxorial UK /ʌkˈsɔː.ɹɪ.əl/US /ʌkˈsɔ.ɹi.əl/ adjective2 •Of or pertaining to a wife, or her genes or relatives.Both are middle-class wives and mothers who are socially isolated and disenchanted with their marriages. [...] Unable to escape their uxorial and maternal roles, both retreat into themselves. — 1987 •Devoted to one's wife; uxorious.Riccabocca, the wiliest and most relentless of men in his maxims, melted into absolute uxorial imbecility at the sight of that mute distress. — 1853 formsmore uxorial · most uxorial