| Buxom | a. [ OE. buxum, boxom, buhsum, pliable, obedient, AS. bōcsum, būhsum (akin to D. buigzaam blexible, G. biegsam); būgan to bow, bend + -sum, E. -some. See Bow to bend, and -some. ] 1. Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be,
And buxom to his bands, is joy to see. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome. [ 1913 Webster ] A daughter fair,
So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing, singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. having a pronounced womanly shape. [ chiefly dialect ]
Syn. -- bosomy, curvaceous, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, voluptuous. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] -- Bux"om*ly, adv. -- Bux"om*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |
