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peace 'n humptiness forever.



5.17.2006

[1:33 PM]

new word time!

from "Paul McCartney and Second Wife Split":
He was a famously uxorious man who was said to have spent only one night away from his first wife, Linda, in 29 years of marriage (she died of cancer in 1998).

from m-w.com:
ux.o.ri.ous

Pronunciation: "&k-'sOr-E-&s, -'sor-; "&g-'zOr-, -'zor-

Function: adjective

Etymology: Latin uxorius uxorious, uxorial, from uxor wife
: excessively fond of or submissive to a wife

- ux·o·ri·ous·ly adverb
- ux·o·ri·ous·ness noun