UVEOUS — UXORIOUSNESS NWAD UVEOUS.1

UVEOUS, a. [L. uva, a grape. Resembling a grape. The uveous coat of the eye, or uvea, is the posterior lamin of the iris; so called by the ancients, because in the animals which they dissected, it resembles an unripe grape.] NWAD UVEOUS.1

UVULA, n. [L.] A soft round spungy body, suspended from the palate near the foramina of the nostrils, over the glottis. NWAD UVULA.1

The small conical body projecting from the middle of the soft palate. NWAD UVULA.2

UXORIOUS, a. [L. uxorius, from uxor, wife.] Submissively fond of a wife. NWAD UXORIOUS.1

UXORIOUSLY, adv. With fond or servile submission to a wife. NWAD UXORIOUSLY.1

UXORIOUSNESS, n. Connubial dotage; foolish fondness for a wife. NWAD UXORIOUSNESS.1