ux.

noun

(legal terminology) the Latin word for wife

• Syn: ↑uxor

• Derivationally related forms: ↑uxorial (for: ↑uxor)

• Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence

• Hypernyms: ↑wife, ↑married woman

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Chiefly Law. uxor (used chiefly in the legal abbreviation et ux.).

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abbrev

Uxor (Latin), wife

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ux.,

wife (Latin, uxor).