buxomadj.

/ˈbʌksəm/

Forms: ibuhsum, ibucsum, Middle English buhsum(m, Middle English bocsum, bocsom, Middle English–1700s buxum, Middle English boȝsam, boghsom, bousum, bousom, (?) busum, boxsom(e, bouxsome, bowxom, buxsom, Middle English bowsom, boxsum, buxsum, Middle English–1500s bouxom(e, boxom(e, boxum, Middle English–1600s bughsom, bowsum, buxome, Middle English bouxum, buxhum, Middle English–1500s buxume, buxsome, buxhome, (?) buscom, 1500s bowsome, buxam, buckesom(e, 1500s–1700s bucksome, 1600s–1700s bucksom, (1800s bucksome), Middle English– buxom.

Etymology: early Middle English buhsum , ibucsum (perhaps < Old English *búhsum , *gebúhsum ), < stem of búgan (gebúgan ) bow v.¹ + -some suffix¹; compare Middle Dutch boochsaem , Dutch buigzaam , German biegsam flexible, pliant. Branch II seems to have arisen from sense 1c; the development of sense 3 being precisely the same as in blithe adj., n., and adv., that of 4 as in French joli from ‘blithe’ to ‘comely’.

I. Easily bowed or bent.

1. Morally.

†a. Obedient; pliant; compliant, tractable (to). Obsolete (except as a rare archaism.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > [adjective] > obedient

hearsumc900

buxomc1175

obedient?c1225

yherec1315

obeisantc1325

obeyant1417

obeishinga1425

obeyand?a1425

obeisand?c1450

morigeratea1533

morigerousc1600

parent1656

biddable1826

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 57 Beo buhsum toward gode.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 75 Beon him ibucsum ouer alle þing.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6176 Þin laferrd birrþ þe buhsumm beon.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 980 An angel..bad hire..to hire leuedi buxum ben.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 8148 Alle men..Þat meke of hert er here, and bowsom.

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 49 Oure Ladi Marye..was..buxumer to his bidding þan ony hond-mayde.

c1440 Generydes 2505 Thanne came ther in.. The buscommest folk.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lii. l. 1006 I schal..Maken hem Buxom to ȝowre hond.

1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) iv. i. 160/1 We ben..to them buxom and meke.

1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 21 I shall be buxome and obeydient to iustyces.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 287 b The Consuls should..sweare faythfully to become bonnaire and buxome to the Pope.

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 626 So wilde a beast..buxome to his bands, is ioy to see.

c1684 MS. Let. Corporation of Kirkby to Judge Jeffreys Your Lordship was pleased to give us..your oath to become a buxome and beneficial member of this corporation.

1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain III. vi. 104 To be buxom and obedient to the customs and laws of the republic.

1867 C. Thirlwall Lett. (1881) 88 In the hope that you will be buxom and good, I conclude now my New Year's Lecture.]

†b. Submissive, humble, meek. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > [adjective]

heanc825

daftc1000

edmedec1000

edmodc1000

edmodeda1175

sheepishc1175

deftc1220

edmodi?c1225

lowc1225

humblec1250

beienlichc1275

buxoma1300

meekc1325

benign1377

lowlya1382

contemptiblec1384

pridelessc1395

humil1488

low-down1548

unproud1570

demiss1572

unpuffed1577

afflicted1590

unselfdelicious1605

cottagely1653

unselfvaluing1668

simplified1721

demissivea1763

stateless1844

maiden-meek1847

vanityless1854

patronizable1884

a1300 Cursor Mundi 29009 Oure praier aw euer for to be bowsum.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 59 Hi..ziggeþ..þet hi byeþ zuo kueade and zuo zenful..vor þet me ham hereþ and hyealde uor wel boȝsam.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8356 Þat lauedi til hir lauerd lute Wit buxum reuerence and dute.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 57 Buxum, or lowly or make, humilis, pius, mansuetus.

c1440 York Myst. xxiv. 141 His sisteres praye with bowsom beede.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 870 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 122 Bowsome obeysance.

†c. Gracious, indulgent, favourable; obliging, amiable, courteous, affable, kindly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective] > gracious

holdc893

winsomec900

goodlyOE

esteOE

menskful?c1225

courteousc1290

besekandlika1300

buxom1362

graciousa1375

queemfulc1390

nighsomea1400

gainlyc1400

favourablec1503

handsome1528

suave?1553

boona1612

benedictive1660

sneerless1884

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vi. 56 Bouweþ forþ bi a brok beo-boxum-of-speche.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iv. 421 God hym-self hoteþ To be boxome at my bidding.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. x. 101 Meke and buxom looke thou be, And with hir dwell.

c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Bj To mak ye reders more bowsum and attent.

c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Fv^v Ilk story be thi self is separat, To mak thaim bowsome to thine audience.

†d. with infinitive: Easily moved, prone, ready. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adjective]

freeeOE

well-willingOE

readyc1175

fainc1275

buxoma1300

prestc1300

liefc1325

rifec1390

willyc1390

baina1400

willinga1400

listyc1440

towardc1440

appliable1449

pronea1450

wilfulc1460

prompt?a1475

content1477

towardly1513

contenteda1525

towards1525

fond1529

comingc1576

unrefusinga1586

open-armed1594

voluntary1598

gainsome1629

easy1653

unreluctant1654

nothing loath1667

applicable1702

irreluctanta1706

unhesitating1753

unloath1861

prone-minded1869

a1300 Cursor Mundi 25208 Þan suld we be..bowsom his bidinges to fullfill.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 50 The creatours þat er dom..er bughsom To lof hym.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. vi. 197 Many a beggere for benes buxome was to swynke.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (1879) 22 Þe flesh is euer lewid, and buxom to do Evil.

†2. Physically: Flexible, pliant. Yielding to pressure, unresisting (poetic). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective]

tougha700

lithyc1000

softc1330

weak?a1366

plianta1382

persha1398

plyinga1398

lithec1400

supplec1400

plicable?a1425

curvable?1440

lethec1440

scretec1440

pliablec1475

bowable1483

bowing1483

waldinc1485

supple1513

flexible1548

limber1565

lither1565

bending1567

osier1577

wiry1588

buxom1590

withy1598

suppliable1599

renderingc1600

fluxible1607

winding1609

bendable1611

flippant1622

flexive1629

flexile1633

maniable1633

compliant1667

flectible1705

limp1706

yieldy1757

complying1774

limberly1782

willowy1791

switchy1810

wandy1825

twistable1853

bendsome1861

whippy1867

swack1868

bendy1873

the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > specific qualities of (the) air > yielding

lither1565

buxom1590

cessile1599

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L4 Then gan he..Scourge the buxome aire so sore, That to his force to yielden it was faine.

1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 278/2 The Pockes..are verye buxume.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 1111 Their substance is..flexible or buxome that they should not breake but giue way to violence.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 842 Wing silently the buxom Air.

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in Fables 43 Her Turtles fann'd the buxom Air above.

II. Blithe, jolly, well-favoured.

3. Blithe, gladsome, bright, lively, gay. archaic.The explanation in Bailey and Johnson, ‘amorous, wanton’, is apparently only contextual.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective]

blitheOE

merryOE

golikc1175

lustya1225

playfulc1225

jollyc1305

merrya1350

jocund?c1380

galliardc1386

in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395

mirthfula1400

baudec1400

gayc1400

jovy1426

jocantc1440

crank1499

envoisiesa1500

as merry as a cricket1509

pleasant1530

frolic?1548

jolious1575

gleeful1586

buxom1590

gleesome1590

festival1592

laughter-loving1592

disposed1593

jucund1596

heartsomec1600

jovial1607

jovialist1610

laughsome1612

jocundary1618

gaysome1633

chirpinga1637

jovialissime1652

airy1654

festivous1654

hilarous1659

spleneticala1661

cocket1671

cranny1673

high1695

vogie1715

raffing?1719

festal1724

as merry (or lively) as a grig1728

hearty1755

tittuping1772

festive1774

fun-loving1776

mirthsome1787

Falstaffian1809

cranky1811

laughful1825

as lively as a cricket1832

hurrah1835

hilarious1838

Bacchic1865

laughterful1874

griggish1879

banzai1929

slap-you-on-the-back1932

1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 2 Gray and buxsome were his eyne.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Vago..blithe..buckesome, full of glee.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iii. vi. 25 A souldier, one of buxsome valour.

?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome Pref. sig. a1 ^v Philosophie, such as this Booke teacheth, is altogether pleasant, free, bucksom, and if I may so say, wanton too.

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote IV. xxx. 229 He went on his Journey..most glad and bucksome.

1675 C. Cotton Poet. Wks. (1765) 267 A fine Miss..as free, Buxom, and amorous as He.

1678 A. Marvell Def. John Howe in Wks. (1875) IV. 196 I could not but remark here of The Discourse..how jovial It is and bucksom.

1809 R. Heber Europe 18 Freedom's buxom blast.

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. i. i. 3 That buxom month.

4. Full of health, vigour, and good temper; well-favoured, plump and comely, ‘jolly’, comfortable-looking (in person). (Chiefly of women.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > pretty > pretty and plump

wally?a1513

buxom1589

sonsy1720

buxom-looking1840

tisty-tosty1888

zaftig1921

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump > of a woman

buxom1589

matronlya1660

buxom-looking1840

zaftig1921

curvaceous1933

curvesome1933

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. E A bonny prety one, As bright, buxsome and as sheene As was shee.

1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) iii. sig. E3 Those Ribs shall not infoulde thy buxom Limbs.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Matineux An earlie man is buxome.

1681 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Naked Truth 22 Those lazy and bucksome Abby-Lubbers.

1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 16 My followers are smooth, plump, and bucksom.

1747 T. Gray Ode Eton Coll. 5 Theirs buxom Health of rosy Hue.

1781 S. Johnson Gray in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets X. 23 His epithet buxom health is not elegant; he seems not to understand the word.

1823 W. Scott Peveril II. ix. 219 She was a buxom dame, about thirty.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 89 A buxom priest.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. viii. 240 Fresh buxom countenances.

1873 S. Sea Bubbles i. 4 A slight gathering in of her dress..to exhibit her buxom figure to full perfection.

Compounds

buxom-looking adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > pretty > pretty and plump

wally?a1513

buxom1589

sonsy1720

buxom-looking1840

tisty-tosty1888

zaftig1921

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump > of a woman

buxom1589

matronlya1660

buxom-looking1840

zaftig1921

curvaceous1933

curvesome1933

1840 R. H. Barham Leech of Folkestone in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 116 He..followed a buxom-looking handmaiden into the breakfast parlour.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	buxom
释义	buxomadj. /ˈbʌksəm/ Forms: ibuhsum, ibucsum, Middle English buhsum(m, Middle English bocsum, bocsom, Middle English–1700s buxum, Middle English boȝsam, boghsom, bousum, bousom, (?) busum, boxsom(e, bouxsome, bowxom, buxsom, Middle English bowsom, boxsum, buxsum, Middle English–1500s bouxom(e, boxom(e, boxum, Middle English–1600s bughsom, bowsum, buxome, Middle English bouxum, buxhum, Middle English–1500s buxume, buxsome, buxhome, (?) buscom, 1500s bowsome, buxam, buckesom(e, 1500s–1700s bucksome, 1600s–1700s bucksom, (1800s bucksome), Middle English– buxom. Etymology: early Middle English buhsum , ibucsum (perhaps < Old English búhsum , gebúhsum ), < stem of búgan (gebúgan ) bow v.¹ + -some suffix¹; compare Middle Dutch boochsaem , Dutch buigzaam , German biegsam flexible, pliant. Branch II seems to have arisen from sense 1c; the development of sense 3 being precisely the same as in blithe adj., n., and adv., that of 4 as in French joli from ‘blithe’ to ‘comely’. I. Easily bowed or bent. 1. Morally. †a. Obedient; pliant; compliant, tractable (to). Obsolete (except as a rare archaism.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > [adjective] > obedient hearsumc900 buxomc1175 obedient?c1225 yherec1315 obeisantc1325 obeyant1417 obeishinga1425 obeyand?a1425 obeisand?c1450 morigeratea1533 morigerousc1600 parent1656 biddable1826 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 57 Beo buhsum toward gode. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 75 Beon him ibucsum ouer alle þing. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6176 Þin laferrd birrþ þe buhsumm beon. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 980 An angel..bad hire..to hire leuedi buxum ben. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 8148 Alle men..Þat meke of hert er here, and bowsom. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 49 Oure Ladi Marye..was..buxumer to his bidding þan ony hond-mayde. c1440 Generydes 2505 Thanne came ther in.. The buscommest folk. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lii. l. 1006 I schal..Maken hem Buxom to ȝowre hond. 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) iv. i. 160/1 We ben..to them buxom and meke. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 21 I shall be buxome and obeydient to iustyces. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 287 b The Consuls should..sweare faythfully to become bonnaire and buxome to the Pope. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 626 So wilde a beast..buxome to his bands, is ioy to see. c1684 MS. Let. Corporation of Kirkby to Judge Jeffreys Your Lordship was pleased to give us..your oath to become a buxome and beneficial member of this corporation. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain III. vi. 104 To be buxom and obedient to the customs and laws of the republic. 1867 C. Thirlwall Lett. (1881) 88 In the hope that you will be buxom and good, I conclude now my New Year's Lecture.] †b. Submissive, humble, meek. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > [adjective] heanc825 daftc1000 edmedec1000 edmodc1000 edmodeda1175 sheepishc1175 deftc1220 edmodi?c1225 lowc1225 humblec1250 beienlichc1275 buxoma1300 meekc1325 benign1377 lowlya1382 contemptiblec1384 pridelessc1395 humil1488 low-down1548 unproud1570 demiss1572 unpuffed1577 afflicted1590 unselfdelicious1605 cottagely1653 unselfvaluing1668 simplified1721 demissivea1763 stateless1844 maiden-meek1847 vanityless1854 patronizable1884 a1300 Cursor Mundi 29009 Oure praier aw euer for to be bowsum. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 59 Hi..ziggeþ..þet hi byeþ zuo kueade and zuo zenful..vor þet me ham hereþ and hyealde uor wel boȝsam. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8356 Þat lauedi til hir lauerd lute Wit buxum reuerence and dute. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 57 Buxum, or lowly or make, humilis, pius, mansuetus. c1440 York Myst. xxiv. 141 His sisteres praye with bowsom beede. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 870 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 122 Bowsome obeysance. †c. Gracious, indulgent, favourable; obliging, amiable, courteous, affable, kindly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective] > gracious holdc893 winsomec900 goodlyOE esteOE menskful?c1225 courteousc1290 besekandlika1300 buxom1362 graciousa1375 queemfulc1390 nighsomea1400 gainlyc1400 favourablec1503 handsome1528 suave?1553 boona1612 benedictive1660 sneerless1884 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vi. 56 Bouweþ forþ bi a brok beo-boxum-of-speche. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iv. 421 God hym-self hoteþ To be boxome at my bidding. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. x. 101 Meke and buxom looke thou be, And with hir dwell. c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Bj To mak ye reders more bowsum and attent. c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Fv^v Ilk story be thi self is separat, To mak thaim bowsome to thine audience. †d. with infinitive: Easily moved, prone, ready. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adjective] freeeOE well-willingOE readyc1175 fainc1275 buxoma1300 prestc1300 liefc1325 rifec1390 willyc1390 baina1400 willinga1400 listyc1440 towardc1440 appliable1449 pronea1450 wilfulc1460 prompt?a1475 content1477 towardly1513 contenteda1525 towards1525 fond1529 comingc1576 unrefusinga1586 open-armed1594 voluntary1598 gainsome1629 easy1653 unreluctant1654 nothing loath1667 applicable1702 irreluctanta1706 unhesitating1753 unloath1861 prone-minded1869 a1300 Cursor Mundi 25208 Þan suld we be..bowsom his bidinges to fullfill. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 50 The creatours þat er dom..er bughsom To lof hym. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. vi. 197 Many a beggere for benes buxome was to swynke. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (1879) 22 Þe flesh is euer lewid, and buxom to do Evil. †2. Physically: Flexible, pliant. Yielding to pressure, unresisting (poetic). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] tougha700 lithyc1000 softc1330 weak?a1366 plianta1382 persha1398 plyinga1398 lithec1400 supplec1400 plicable?a1425 curvable?1440 lethec1440 scretec1440 pliablec1475 bowable1483 bowing1483 waldinc1485 supple1513 flexible1548 limber1565 lither1565 bending1567 osier1577 wiry1588 buxom1590 withy1598 suppliable1599 renderingc1600 fluxible1607 winding1609 bendable1611 flippant1622 flexive1629 flexile1633 maniable1633 compliant1667 flectible1705 limp1706 yieldy1757 complying1774 limberly1782 willowy1791 switchy1810 wandy1825 twistable1853 bendsome1861 whippy1867 swack1868 bendy1873 the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > specific qualities of (the) air > yielding lither1565 buxom1590 cessile1599 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L4 Then gan he..Scourge the buxome aire so sore, That to his force to yielden it was faine. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 278/2 The Pockes..are verye buxume. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 1111 Their substance is..flexible or buxome that they should not breake but giue way to violence. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 842 Wing silently the buxom Air. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in Fables 43 Her Turtles fann'd the buxom Air above. II. Blithe, jolly, well-favoured. 3. Blithe, gladsome, bright, lively, gay. archaic.The explanation in Bailey and Johnson, ‘amorous, wanton’, is apparently only contextual. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] blitheOE merryOE golikc1175 lustya1225 playfulc1225 jollyc1305 merrya1350 jocund?c1380 galliardc1386 in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395 mirthfula1400 baudec1400 gayc1400 jovy1426 jocantc1440 crank1499 envoisiesa1500 as merry as a cricket1509 pleasant1530 frolic?1548 jolious1575 gleeful1586 buxom1590 gleesome1590 festival1592 laughter-loving1592 disposed1593 jucund1596 heartsomec1600 jovial1607 jovialist1610 laughsome1612 jocundary1618 gaysome1633 chirpinga1637 jovialissime1652 airy1654 festivous1654 hilarous1659 spleneticala1661 cocket1671 cranny1673 high1695 vogie1715 raffing?1719 festal1724 as merry (or lively) as a grig1728 hearty1755 tittuping1772 festive1774 fun-loving1776 mirthsome1787 Falstaffian1809 cranky1811 laughful1825 as lively as a cricket1832 hurrah1835 hilarious1838 Bacchic1865 laughterful1874 griggish1879 banzai1929 slap-you-on-the-back1932 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 2 Gray and buxsome were his eyne. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Vago..blithe..buckesome, full of glee. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iii. vi. 25 A souldier, one of buxsome valour. ?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome Pref. sig. a1 ^v Philosophie, such as this Booke teacheth, is altogether pleasant, free, bucksom, and if I may so say, wanton too. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote IV. xxx. 229 He went on his Journey..most glad and bucksome. 1675 C. Cotton Poet. Wks. (1765) 267 A fine Miss..as free, Buxom, and amorous as He. 1678 A. Marvell Def. John Howe in Wks. (1875) IV. 196 I could not but remark here of The Discourse..how jovial It is and bucksom. 1809 R. Heber Europe 18 Freedom's buxom blast. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. i. i. 3 That buxom month. 4. Full of health, vigour, and good temper; well-favoured, plump and comely, ‘jolly’, comfortable-looking (in person). (Chiefly of women.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > pretty > pretty and plump wally?a1513 buxom1589 sonsy1720 buxom-looking1840 tisty-tosty1888 zaftig1921 the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump > of a woman buxom1589 matronlya1660 buxom-looking1840 zaftig1921 curvaceous1933 curvesome1933 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. E A bonny prety one, As bright, buxsome and as sheene As was shee. 1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) iii. sig. E3 Those Ribs shall not infoulde thy buxom Limbs. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Matineux An earlie man is buxome. 1681 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Naked Truth 22 Those lazy and bucksome Abby-Lubbers. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 16 My followers are smooth, plump, and bucksom. 1747 T. Gray Ode Eton Coll. 5 Theirs buxom Health of rosy Hue. 1781 S. Johnson Gray in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets X. 23 His epithet buxom health is not elegant; he seems not to understand the word. 1823 W. Scott Peveril II. ix. 219 She was a buxom dame, about thirty. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 89 A buxom priest. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. viii. 240 Fresh buxom countenances. 1873 S. Sea Bubbles i. 4 A slight gathering in of her dress..to exhibit her buxom figure to full perfection. Compounds buxom-looking adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > pretty > pretty and plump wally?a1513 buxom1589 sonsy1720 buxom-looking1840 tisty-tosty1888 zaftig1921 the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump > of a woman buxom1589 matronlya1660 buxom-looking1840 zaftig1921 curvaceous1933 curvesome1933 1840 R. H. Barham Leech of Folkestone in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 116 He..followed a buxom-looking handmaiden into the breakfast parlour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † buxomv. Etymology: < buxom adj. Obsolete. rare. With to: To yield to, obey. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > obey or be obedient to [verb (transitive)] hearsumc900 hearc950 buxomc1305 obeya1325 servea1325 obeisha1382 obtempera1475 obtemperate?a1475 follow1523 mind1559 obseque1720 c1305 Edmund Conf. 467 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 83 Þe bischop..him bet atte laste Þat he scholde not bileue godes wille to do To buxom to holi churche. [Query, read To be buxom.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.c1175v.c1305
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buxomadj.

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† buxomv.