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1 buxom
((of a woman) plump and usually attractive: a buxom blonde.) bústinn
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buxom — bux|om [ bʌksəm ] adjective a buxom woman is slightly fat in an attractive way, with large breasts … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
buxom — UK [ˈbʌks(ə)m] / US [ˈbʌksəm] adjective a buxom woman is rather fat in an attractive way, with large breasts … English dictionary
buxom — [ˈbʌks(ə)m] adj a buxom woman is rather fat in an attractive way, with large breasts … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
buxom — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a woman) attractively plump and large breasted. ORIGIN originally in the sense «compliant», later «lively and good tempered»: from Old English, «to bend» … English terms dictionary
buxom — [buk′səm] adj. [ME, humble, obedient < base of bouen,BOW1 + som, SOME1] 1. Obs. a) obedient b) flexible; pliant 2. Archaic healthy, comely, plump, jolly, etc … English World dictionary
buxom — bux|om [ˈbʌksəm] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: buxom willing to obey, friendly (11 17 centuries), from Old English buhsum, from bugan to bend ] a woman who is buxom is attractively large and healthy and has big breasts … Dictionary of contemporary English
buxom — [[t]bʌ̱ksəm[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe a woman as buxom, you mean that she looks healthy and attractive and has a rounded body and big breasts. Melissa was a tall, buxom blonde … English dictionary
buxom — [12] Originally, buxom meant ‘obedient’. It goes back to an unrecorded *būhsum, which meant literally ‘capable of being bent’, and was formed from the verb būgan ‘bend’, from which modern English gets bow. The sequence by which the word’s present … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
buxom — adjective a woman who is buxom is attractively large and healthy and has big breasts … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
buxom — [12] Originally, buxom meant ‘obedient’. It goes back to an unrecorded *būhsum, which meant literally ‘capable of being bent’, and was formed from the verb būgan ‘bend’, from which modern English gets bow. The sequence by which the word’s present … Word origins
buxom — buxomly, adv. buxomness, n. /buk seuhm/, adj. 1. (of a woman) full bosomed. 2. (of a woman) healthy, plump, cheerful, and lively. [1125 75; ME, earlier buhsum pliant, equiv. to OE buh (var. s. of bugan to BOW1) + sum SOME1] * * * … Universalium