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Uxorial: of or relating to a wife
Origin: early 19th century, from Latin uxor 'wife' + 'ial'
 
Alimony: Allowance or sum paid to spouse upon issued court-order.
 
Obligato: an instrumental part, typically distinctive in effect, that is integral to a piece of music and should not be omitted in performance.

ORIGIN Italian, literally ‘obligatory,’ from Latin obligatus, past participle of obligare.
 
Ubiquinone: any of a class of compounds that occur in all living cells and that act as electron-transfer agents in cell respiration. They are substituted quinones.

ORIGIN 1950s: blend of ubiquitous and quinone.
 
Quixotic- foolishly holding to romantic ideals; impetuous and brash; of Don Quixote
 
Qua: (conjunction) in the capacity of; as being : he's hard to pin down if you get him on entertainment qua entertainment.

ORIGIN Latin, ablative feminine singular of qui ‘who.’
 
Underline-to make a line directly under a word or words.
 
Uraeus: a representation of a sacred serpent as an emblem of supreme power, worn on the headdresses of ancient Egyptian deities and sovereigns.
 
Syzygy - alignment of the Moon, Sun and Earth; two related things, antithetic or similar
 
Zabaglione: an Italian dessert made of whipped and heated egg yolks, sugar, and Marsala wine, served hot or cold.
 
Zaffer: impure cobalt oxide, formerly used to make smalt and blue enamels.
 
Isagogics: introductory study, esp. of the literary and external history of the Bible prior to exegesis.

ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: plural of isagogic, via Latin from Greek eisagōgikos, from eisagōgē ‘introduction,’ from eis ‘into’ + agein ‘to lead.’
 
Arachibutyrophobia: Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mouth.
 
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