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Definition of Buxom

1. Adjective. (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves. "A curvy young woman in a tight dress"

2. Adjective. (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous. "A generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"

Definition of Buxom

1. a. Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble.

Definition of Buxom

1. Adjective. (context: of a woman) Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts. ¹

2. Adjective. (dated of a woman) Healthy, lively. ¹

3. Adjective. (archaic) Cheerful, lively, happy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Buxom

1. healthily plump [adj -OMER, -OMEST] : BUXOMLY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Buxom

butyryl butyryl-CoA butyryl-CoA acetoacetate CoA transferase butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase butyryl-CoA synthetase butyrylcholine butyrylcholine esterase butyrylcholinesterase butyrylcholinesterases butyryls

butyrylthiocholine buvette buvettes buxeous buxine buxom (current term) buxomer buxomest buxomly buxomness

buxomnesses buy buy-and-bust operation buy-down buy-downs buy-in buy-ins buy-out buy-outs buy-to-let

Literary usage of Buxom

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1865)
"MILTON, Paradise Lost, bi buxom. The modern spelling of ' buxom' (it was somewhat, though not much better, when it was spelt ..."

2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"buxom, originally meant obedient, from a Saxon etymology. It is now used only in the sense of ... In this sense Milton speaks of " the buxom air." Mioni. ..."

3. Songs of the Late Charles Dibdin: With a Memoir by Charles Dibdin (1864)
"... buxom NAN. THE wind was hush'd, the storm was over, Unfurl'd was every flowing sail, From toil released, when Dick of Dover Went with his messmates to ..."

4. The Kentish Garland by Julia H L De Vaynes, Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth (1882)
"... and first I'll give you ' buxom Nan,' 9 And first I'll give my buxom Nan. " She's none of they that's always gigging, and stem and stern made up of art; ..."

5. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"1. active, strong, lustful, lusty, robust, robustious, fresh, hale, stout, flourishing, smart, entire (archaic), vegete (rare); «pec. buxom; see ROBUST. ..."

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