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bux·om
(bŭk′səm)adj.
1.
a. Healthily plump and ample of figure: "A generation ago, fat babies were considered healthy and buxom actresses were popular, but society has since come to worship thinness" (Robert A. Hamilton).
b. Full-bosomed.
2. Archaic Lively; vivacious.
3. Obsolete Obedient; yielding; pliant.
[Middle English, obedient, from Old English *būhsum, from būgan, to bend, submit; see bheug- in Indo-European roots.]
bux′om·ly adv.
bux′om·ness n.
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buxom
(ˈbʌksəm)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, bow1; related to Middle Dutch būchsam pliant, German biegsam]
ˈbuxomly adv
ˈbuxomness n
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bux•om
(ˈbʌk səm)adj.
1. (of a woman) full-bosomed.
2. (of a woman) plump and cheerful.
[1125–75; Middle English, earlier buhsum pliant = Old English būh (variant s. of būgan to bow1) + -sum -some1]
bux′om•ly, adv.
bux′om•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | buxom - (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" shapely - having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs" |
2. | buxom - (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous ; "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" |
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buxom
adjective plump, ample, voluptuous, busty, well-rounded, curvaceous, comely, bosomy, full-bosomed Melissa was a tall, buxom blonde.
thin, slight, slim, trim, delicate, slender, frail, svelte, sylphlike
thin, slight, slim, trim, delicate, slender, frail, svelte, sylphlike
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buxom
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Translations
مُمْتَلِئه وَجَذّابَه
kyprý
buttetfyldig
teltkarcsú
bústinn
apkūniputli
mīlīgspiemīlīgsražens
kyprý
iri göğüslü
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
buxom
[ˈbʌksəm] adj [woman] → plantureux/euseCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
buxom
adj → drall
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
buxom
[ˈbʌksəm] adj → formoso/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
buxom
(ˈbaksəm) adjective (of a woman) plump and usually attractive. a buxom blonde.
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