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† ˈbouksome, a. Sc. Obs. rare.
Also buksome, -sum, bulksome.
[App. f. bouk + -some; but influenced in sense and partly in form by bulk; see buxom a.2]
Corpulent, portly; occupying large space, bulky; fig. great, powerful, influential.
1600Act. Jas. VI, (1814) 209 (Jam.) Andro had ane vther dowblet..and wes mair buksum. 1708M. Bruce Lect. & Serm. 33 (Jam.) Where Christ grows ay bulksomer in the bosom. Ibid. Christ is buksome in heaven. 1785Poems Buchan Dial. 12 (Jam.) Laggert wi' this bouksome graith You will tyne haaf your speed. |