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Buxom — Bux om, a. [OE. buxum, boxom, buhsum, pliable, obedient, AS. b[=o]csum, b[=u]hsum (akin to D. buigzaam blexible, G. biegsam); b[=u]gan to bow, bend + sum, E. some. See {Bow} to bend, and { some}.] 1. Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Buxomly — Buxom Bux om, a. [OE. buxum, boxom, buhsum, pliable, obedient, AS. b[=o]csum, b[=u]hsum (akin to D. buigzaam blexible, G. biegsam); b[=u]gan to bow, bend + sum, E. some. See {Bow} to bend, and { some}.] 1. Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Buxomness — Buxom Bux om, a. [OE. buxum, boxom, buhsum, pliable, obedient, AS. b[=o]csum, b[=u]hsum (akin to D. buigzaam blexible, G. biegsam); b[=u]gan to bow, bend + sum, E. some. See {Bow} to bend, and { some}.] 1. Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
buxom — adjective Etymology: Middle English buxsum, from Old English *būhsum; akin to Old English būgan to bend more at bow Date: 12th century 1. obsolete a. obedient, tractable b. offering little … New Collegiate Dictionary
buxom — buxomly, adv. buxomness, n. /buk seuhm/, adj. 1. (of a woman) full bosomed. 2. (of a woman) healthy, plump, cheerful, and lively. [1125 75; ME, earlier buhsum pliant, equiv. to OE buh (var. s. of bugan to BOW1) + sum SOME1] * * * … Universalium
buxom — bux|om [ˈbʌksəm] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: buxom willing to obey, friendly (11 17 centuries), from Old English buhsum, from bugan to bend ] a woman who is buxom is attractively large and healthy and has big breasts … Dictionary of contemporary English
buxom — [12] Originally, buxom meant ‘obedient’. It goes back to an unrecorded *būhsum, which meant literally ‘capable of being bent’, and was formed from the verb būgan ‘bend’, from which modern English gets bow. The sequence by which the word’s present … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
buxom — late 12c., buhsum humble, obedient, from *buh stem of O.E. bugen to bow + som, for a total meaning capable of being bent. Meaning progressed from compliant, obliging, through lively, jolly, healthily plump, vigorous, to (in women, and perhaps… … Etymology dictionary
buxom — bux•om [[t]ˈbʌk səm[/t]] adj. 1) (of a woman) full bosomed 2) (of a woman) plump and cheerful • Etymology: 1125–75; ME, earlier buhsum pliant = OE būh (var. s. of būgan to bow I) + sum some bux′om•ly, adv. bux′om•ness, n … From formal English to slang
buxom — /ˈbʌksəm / (say buksuhm) adjective 1. (of a woman) having large breasts. 2. (of a woman) attractively plump and radiantly healthy, with a cheerful, lively disposition. {Middle English; early Middle English buhsum pliant, from Old English būgan… …
