uxorial 的詞源

"關於妻子的"，1778年，源自拉丁語 uxoris（參見 uxorious）+ -al（1）。有時被用於 uxorius 的意義。

We still say that a husband hangs out the broom when his wife goes from home for a short time; and on such occasions a broom besom has been exhibited as a signal that the house was freed from uxorial restraint, and where the master might be considered as a temporary bachelor. [Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, notes to "The Tempest," 1778]

我們仍然說，當妻子短暫離家時，丈夫 hangs out the broom; 在這種情況下，一把 broom 掃帚被展示爲一個信號，表明房子已經擺脫了妻子的約束，主人可以被視爲臨時單身漢。[塞繆爾·約翰遜和喬治·斯蒂文斯，《暴風雨》註釋，1778年]