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Buxom

Buxom Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Buxom? [adj] euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby babies"; "pleasingly plump" [adj] (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a curvy young woman in a tight dress" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Buxom: bosomy \| busty \| chubby \| curvaceous \| curvy \| embonpoint \| fat \| full-bosomed \| plump \| shapely \| sonsie \| sonsy \| voluptuous \| well-endowed \| zaftig \| zoftig Related Terms \| Find terms related to Buxom: adipose \| agreeable \| amply endowed \| attractive \| becoming \| beefy \| big-bellied \| bloated \| blowzy \| bonny \| bosomy \| braw \| brawny \| built \| built for comfort \| burly \| busty \| callipygian \| callipygous \| chesty \| chubby \| chunky \| comely \| corpulent \| curvaceous \| curvy \| distended \| dumpy \| fair \| fat \| fattish \| fleshy \| frivolous \| full \| gleeful \| goddess-like \| gross \| healthy \| hearty \| heavyset \| hefty \| hilarious \| hippy \| imposing \| jocular \| jocund \| jolly \| jovial \| joyful \| joyous \| Junoesque \| laughter-loving \| likely \| lovely to behold \| lusty \| meaty \| merry \| mirthful \| mirth-loving \| obese \| overweight \| paunchy \| personable \| pleasing \| plump \| pneumatic \| podgy \| portly \| potbellied \| presentable \| pudgy \| puffy \| pursy \| rejoicing \| risible \| roly-poly \| rotund \| shapely \| sightly \| slender \| square \| squat \| squatty \| stacked \| stalwart \| statuesque \| stocky \| stout \| strapping \| swollen \| thick-bodied \| thickset \| top-heavy \| tubby \| vigorous \| well-built \| well-developed \| well-favored \| well-fed \| well-formed \| well-made \| well-proportioned \| well-shaped \| well-stacked See Also \| Buxom In Webster's Dictionary \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; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble. [Obs.] So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be, And buxom to his bands, is joy to see. --Spenser. I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it. --Foxe. 2. Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome. A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. --Milton. A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing, singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long. --Tatler. -- {Bux"omly}, adv. -- {Bux"omness}, n.

Buxom Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Buxom?

[adj] euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby babies"; "pleasingly plump"
[adj] (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a curvy young woman in a tight dress"

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Buxom In Webster's Dictionary

\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; obedient;
   tractable; docile; meek; humble. [Obs.]

         So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be, And buxom to
         his bands, is joy to see.             --Spenser.

         I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to
         be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it.
                                               --Foxe.

2. Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and
   comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and
   rosy; jolly; frolicsome.

         A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair.
                                               --Milton.

         A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing,
         singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long.
                                               --Tatler.
   -- {Bux"om*ly}, adv. -- {Bux"om*ness}, n.

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