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buxom
Buxom (adj) means Describes a woman with a curvy figure and a large chest.
adj
1
Describes a woman with a curvy figure and a large chest.
"DIED. Robert Brooks, 69, canny businessman who, as chairman of Hooters, turned the bar-restaurant chain, famed for buxom waitresses in orange hot pants, into an international success."
— , Milestones (2003)
"Aarfy's buxom trollop had vanished with her smutty cameo ring, and Nurse Duckett was ashamed of him because he had refused to fly more combat missions and would cause a scandal."
— Joseph Heller, The Eternal City (1961)
2
(dated) Cheerful, lively and in good health.
"He had not seen Zilla since Paul had shot her, and he still pictured her as buxom, high-colored, lively, and a little blowsy."
— Sinclair Lewis (1922)
3
(archaic) Able to bend or move freely, without resisting.
4
(archaic) Willing to obey and easily persuaded by others.
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Etymology
From Middle English buxom, also ibucsum, ibuhsum (“bendsome, flexible, pliant, obedient”), from Old English bōcsum, *būhsum, *ġebūhsum (“bendsome, pliant, obedient”), from Proto-West Germanic *beuhsam, *beugsam, equivalent to bow (“to bend, bow at the waist”) + -some or buck (“to bend, buckle, kick”) + -some. Cognate with Scots bowsome (“compliant”), West Frisian bûgsum (“flexible, bendy”), Dutch buigzaam (“flexible, pliant”), German biegsam (“flexible, pliant”).
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What is the meaning of buxom?
"buxom" (adj) means describes a woman with a curvy figure and a large chest.
What is another word for buxom?
Other words for "buxom" include sonsy, zoftig, sonsie, curvy, zaftig, stacked.
What is the opposite of buxom?
Opposites of "buxom" include lean, slender, enervated.
What are the different meanings of buxom?
"buxom" has 3 main meanings: 1. Describes a woman with a curvy figure and a large chest; 2. (dated) Cheerful, lively and in good health; 3. (archaic) Able to bend or move freely, without resisting.
