buxomnessn.
/ˈbʌksəmnɪs/ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > obedience > [noun]
hersumnessec900
buxomnessc1175
obediencea1225
obedientness1571
obtemperation1611
biddability1947
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 73 Bi-spreng me lauerd mid buhsumnesse.
c1230 Hali Meid. 41 Þu schalt..teamen..Simplete of semblaunt and buhsumnesse and stilðe.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 318 He bygan ys herte in bocsumnesse amende.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 25135 We sall..knaw with bowsumnes Þat no gude dede of oure self es.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7848 Þare es lowtyng and reverence, And boghsomnes and obedience [in heaven].
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. i. 111 He brak Boxumnes þorw bost of him-seluen.
a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 3575 God toke upone hym humble buxomnesse.
1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Buxomnesse, plyablenesse, or humble stooping, in signe of obedience.
1678 A. Littleton Linguæ Latinæ Liber Dictionarius (at cited word) Buxomness or meekness, obsequium.
1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > graciousness
esteOE
heldOE
menska1250
nighsomenessa1400
benisonc1450
graciosity1477
buxomnessc1503
suavity1508
gratitude?a1513
gratuity1523
graciousness1532
handsomeness1577
propitiousness1593
gracefulness1640
well-beteemingness1642
14.. Gold. Litany in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1846) II. 245 By thy infinite buxomnes: haue mercy on vs.
1483 Cath. Angl. 50 A Buxumnes, clemencia.
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxiv/1 Moost blessed fader primate..whom almighty god by hys Ineffable buxumnes..hath creat and erecte.
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iii. f. 10/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I You should neuer marck him or his bedfellowe (such was their buxomnesse) once..make a sower face at any guest.
3. Blitheness, gaiety. archaic.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun] > quality or condition of being merry
merrinesseOE
jollitya1350
jollinessc1386
jocundityc1420
festivity1583
buxomness1598
joviality1626
mirthsomenessa1645
jocosity1646
allegresse1652
jovialness1658
mirthfulness1749
festiveness1777
zizz1920
gleefulness1934
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Gaiezza..blithnes, iolitie, buckesomnes.
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote IV. xix. 159 The Beauty, Spirit and Bucksomeness of the wench mislik'd him not.
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xxxii. 149 In him are summ'd, Whate'er of buxomness and free delight May be in spirit.
4. modern. Comely plumpness.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > fat or plump shape or physique > state of having
fatnessc1000
greasea1340
corsiousnessc1440
fleshiness1541
plumpness1545
corporateness1547
fogginess1547
fleshliness1552
corpulency1577
corpulence1581
corsiness1587
fullness1599
obesity1611
pinguitude1623
obeseness1653
aletude1656
portliness1658
eventriqueness1667
rotundity1684
fat1726
rotundness1727
bloatedness1732
embonpoint1751
roundness1763
repleteness1770
plumpitude1828
corporosity1837
stoutness1838
crumb1843
plumptitude1843
roundedness1849
chubbiness1850
adiposeness1868
roundliness1870
buxomness1875
bloat1905
tubbiness1906
poundage1915
overweight1917
endomorphy1940
plumpishness1947
pudge1967
morbid obesity1969
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > prettiness > specifically of woman > and plumpness
buxomness1875
1875 W. Besant & J. Rice With Harp & Crown II. viii. 196 She is fat, she is fair..she has still many summers of buxomness before her.
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