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buxomness|ˈbʌksəmnɪs|
[f. buxom a. (which see for Forms); see -ness.]
†1. Obedience, submissiveness; lowliness, humility. Obs.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 73 Bi-spreng me lauerd mid buhsumnesse. c1230Hali Meid. 41 Þu schalt..teamen..Simplete of semblaunt and buhsumnesse and stilðe. 1297R. Glouc. 318 He bygan ys herte in bocsumnesse amende. a1300Cursor M. 25135 We sall..knaw with bowsumnes Þat no gude dede of oure self es. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 7848 Þare es lowtyng and reverence, And boghsomnes and obedience [in heaven]. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. i. 111 He brak Boxumnes þorw bost of him-seluen. a1420Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 3575 God toke upone hym humble buxomnesse. 1613R. C. Table Alph. (ed. 3) Buxomnesse, plyablenesse, or humble stooping, in signe of obedience. 1678A. Littleton Lat. Dict. s.v., Buxomness or meekness, obsequium. 1721in Bailey.
†2. Graciousness, kindly disposition; courtesy, complaisance. Obs.
14..Gold. Litany in Maskell Mon. Rit. II. 245 By thy infinite buxomnes: haue mercy on vs. 1483Cath. Angl. 50 A Buxumnes, clemencia. 1502Arnolde Chron. 162 Moost blessed fader Primate..whom Almighty God by hys ineffable buxumnes..hath creat and erecte. 1577Stanyhurst Descr. Irel. in Holinshed VI. 22 You should never marke him or his bedfellow (such was their buxomnesse)..once make a sowre face at anie ghest.
3. Blitheness, gaiety. arch.
1598Florio, Gaiezza..blithnes, iolitie, buckesomnes. 1620Shelton Quix. IV. xix. 159 The Beauty, Spirit and Bucksomeness of the wench mislik'd him not. 1814Cary Dante (1871) 317 In him are summed, Whate'er of buxomness and free delight May be in spirit.
4. mod. Comely plumpness.
1875Besant & R. Harp & Cr. II. viii. 196 She is fat, she is fair..she has still many summers of buxomness before her. |