bux·om /ˈbʌksəm/
(a.)嬌媚的;活潑的;豐滿的
Bux·om a.
1. Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble. [Obs.]
So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be,
And buxom to his bands, is joy to see. --Spenser.
I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it. --Foxe.
2. Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome.
A daughter fair,
So buxom, blithe, and debonair. --Milton.
A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing, singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long. --Tatler.
-- Bux*om*ly, adv. -- Bux*om*ness, n.
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buxom
adj 1: (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing
curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes";
"a curvy young woman in a tight dress" [syn: bosomy,
busty, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie,
sonsy, voluptuous, well-endowed]
2: euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom
actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby babies";
"pleasingly plump" [syn: chubby, embonpoint, plump,
zaftig, zoftig]