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buxomness
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Buxomness
(gcide) | Buxom \Bux"om\, a. [OE. buxum, boxom, buhsum, pliable, obedient,
AS. b[=o]csum, b[=u]hsum (akin to D. buigzaam blexible, G.
biegsam); b[=u]gan 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.]
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So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be,
And buxom to his bands, is joy to see. --Spenser.
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I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to
be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it.
--Foxe.
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2. Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and
comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and
rosy; jolly; frolicsome.
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A daughter fair,
So buxom, blithe, and debonair. --Milton.
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A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing,
singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long.
--Tatler.
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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.
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buxomness
(wn) | buxomness
n 1: the bodily property of being attractively plump and
vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed |
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Buxomness
(gcide) | Buxom \Bux"om\, a. [OE. buxum, boxom, buhsum, pliable, obedient,
AS. b[=o]csum, b[=u]hsum (akin to D. buigzaam blexible, G.
biegsam); b[=u]gan 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.]
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So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be,
And buxom to his bands, is joy to see. --Spenser.
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I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to
be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it.
--Foxe.
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2. Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and
comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and
rosy; jolly; frolicsome.
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A daughter fair,
So buxom, blithe, and debonair. --Milton.
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A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing,
singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long.
--Tatler.
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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.
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Unbuxomness
(gcide) | Unbuxom \Un*bux"om\, a.
Disobedient. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. -- Un*bux"om*ly, adv.
[Obs.] -- Un*bux"om*ness, n. [Obs.]
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