buxom
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbʌksəm/
buxom (comparative buxomer, superlative buxomest)
- (obsolete, archaic, rare) Pliant, obedient, tractable (to) (i.e. easily moved or bent, morally).
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.8:
- They downe him hold, and fast with cords do bynde, / Till they him force the buxome yoke to beare […].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.8:
- (obsolete) Submissive, humble, meek (as subsense of 4).
- (obsolete) Gracious, indulgent, favourable; obliging, amiable, courteous, affable, kindly (as subsense of 1).
- (obsolete) With infinitive: Easily moved, prone, ready (as subsense of 1).
- (obsolete, archaic, poetic) Flexible, pliant (arising from sense 1).
- (obsolete, archaic) Blithe, gladsome, bright, lively, gay (attested after 1).
- (dated, of a man or woman) Cheerful, happy (possibly as subsense of 6).
- (dated, chiefly of women) Full of health, vigour, and good temper; well-favoured, plump and comely, 'jolly', comfortable-looking (in person). (arising from sense 6).
- 1896, Thomas Hardy, A Group of Noble Dames, "Dame the Eighth: The Lady Penelope,"
- So heated and impassioned, indeed, would they become, that the lady hardly felt herself safe in their company at such times, notwithstanding that she was a brave and buxom damsel, not easily put out, and with a daring spirit of humour in her composition.
- 1896, Thomas Hardy, A Group of Noble Dames, "Dame the Eighth: The Lady Penelope,"
- (of a woman) Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts (as subsense of 8).
- 2003, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1218095,00.html Milestones]," Time, 23 Jul.,
- 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.
- 2003, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1218095,00.html Milestones]," Time, 23 Jul.,
- (having a full, voluptuous figure) bosomy, big-breasted, busty, chesty, curvaceous, curvy, shapely, round, full-throated; see also Thesaurus:voluptuous
- French: bien en chair, aux formes généreuses
- German: drall, vollbusig
- Italian: formosa, prosperosa, tettona
- Russian: полногрудый
- Spanish: pechugona, maciza, tetona
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