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Found 2 items, similar to Buxomness.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: buxomness
buxomness
n : the bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous
and (of women) full bosomed
English → English (gcide)
Definition: 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 obey; obedient;
tractable; docile; meek; humble. [Obs.]
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So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be,
And buxom to his bands, is joy to see. --Spenser.
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I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to
be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it.
--Foxe.
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2. Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and
comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and
rosy; jolly; frolicsome.
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A daughter fair,
So buxom, blithe, and debonair. --Milton.
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A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing,
singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long.
--Tatler.
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3. having a pronounced womanly shape. [chiefly dialect]
Syn: bosomy, curvaceous, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy,
voluptuous.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] --
Bux"om*ly, adv. --
Bux"om*ness, n.
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