Ux*o"ri*ous (?), a. [L. uxorius, fr. uxor a wife.] Excessively fond of,
or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband. "Uxorious
magistrates." Milton.
How wouldst thou insult, When I must live uxorious to thy will In
perfect thraldom!
Milton.
— Uxo*o"ri*ous*ly, adv. — Ux*o"ri*ous*ness, n.
||U"ze*ma (?), n. A Burman measure of twelve miles.
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V.
V (v). 1. V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a
vocal consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U
being the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in
stone. The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a
comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed
together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see U). The
letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a
consonant (about like English w) and as a vowel. The Latin derives it
from it from a form (V) of the Greek vowel (see Y), this Greek letter
being either from the same Semitic letter as the digamma F (see F), or
else added by the Greeks to the alphabet which they took from the
Semitic. Etymologically v is most nearly related to u, w, f, b, p; as
in vine, wine; avoirdupois, habit, have; safe, save; trover,
troubadour, trope. See U, F, etc.
See Guide to Pronunciation, § 265; also §§ 155, 169, 178-179, etc.