buxom
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səm adjective
1.
(of a woman) full-bosomed.
2.
(of a woman) healthy, plump, cheerful, and lively.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | (esp of a woman) healthily plump, attractive, and vigorous |
| 2. | (of a woman) full-bosomed |
| [C12: buhsum compliant, pliant, from Old English būgan to bend, | |
| 'buxomly | |
| —adv | |
| 'buxomness | |
| —n | |
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Buxom
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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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).
Du. buigzaam, Ger. biegsam "flexible, pliable" hew closer to the original sense of the English cognate.
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Example sentences
The temples are adorned by spectacular giant carved heads and elegant basreliefs of buxom celestial dancers known as apsaras.
The buxom adventuress got the blame for overstaying her welcome one game too long.
It includes profanity, repeated outdoor bathroom humor and lots of joking about buxom waitresses.
Every once in a while a tiny, buxom fiddler would cavort across the stage, tossing her white-blond mane.
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