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Buxom
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example Sentences
- Beside him stood a buxom woman, whose ample proportions were incased in a black silk dress and a white waist.
- The buxom adventuress got the blame for overstaying her welcome one game too long.
- Every once in a while a tiny, buxom fiddler would cavort across the stage, tossing her white-blond mane.
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Word Origin & History
buxom
late 12c., buhsum "humble, obedient," from *buh- stem of O.E. bugen "to bow" + -som, for a total meaning "capable of being bent." Meaning progressed from "compliant, obliging," through "lively, jolly," "healthily plump, vigorous," to (in women, and perhaps influenced by lusty) "plump, comely" (1580s).
EXPANDDu. buigzaam, Ger. biegsam "flexible, pliable" hew closer to the original sense of the English cognate.
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