† unbuxomadj.
Obsolete.absolute.1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 5 Ȝif eny be rebelle..þe forsaide bretherhede shul be helpyng aȝeins þe rebelle and vnboxhum.
1. Not submissive or compliant; intractable, disobedient. Frequently const. to.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > intractable or recalcitrant
unbuxoma1250
unbowsomec1290
sturdy13..
wildc1350
stubbornc1386
unbaina1400
stoutc1410
kimeta1450
staffish?a1513
untractable1538
intractable1545
sullen1577
restiff1578
indocile1603
resty1603
hot-mouthed1609
immorigerous1623
intractive1623
uncompliable1626
restivea1628
non-complying1649
uncompliant1659
incompliant1706
unobliging1707
recalcitrant1797
unbiddable1825
stocky1836
recalcitrary1861
calcitrant1866
non-cooperative1867
recalcitrating1870
ropeable1870
non-cooperating1895
bolshie1918
a1250 Prov. Ælfred 450 in Old Eng. Misc. 128 Betere is child vnbore, Þane vnbuhsum.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 28089 To crist ic haue vn-buxum bene.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 15378 Monk ne clerk wolde þey non spare, For þey byforn unbuxom ware.
1380 Lay Folks Catech. (Lamb. MS.) 713 Rebel men..ben vnbuxum to cryst and his chyrche.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 112 Þis vyce makyth a mannys herte hard & vnbuxom to god.
a1470 Dives & Pauper (1496) iv. viii. 171/1 Childern unbuxum to fader & moder sholde be stoned to deth.
1559 J. Aylmer Harborowe sig. Q4 God punished that sinne with another by sending them vnbuxome hartes.
2. Unready to bend; stiff.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [adjective] > stiff
unmeeka1250
unbuxomc1412
roid1477
c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 985 My bak unbuxum hath swich thyng forsworne, At instance of writing,..That stowpyng hath hym spilt with his labour.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > [adverb] > intractably or recalcitrantly
unbuxomly1390
sturdily1538
restily1611
restively1650
intractably1846
recalcitrantly1912
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 88 Evere unbuxomly thei pleigne Upon fortune.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 212 The more unbuxomliche he cride.
a1400 MS. Harl. 2260 f. 3 I usedde wronge with my body, And serves the unbuxumly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
adj.a1250