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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: buxomness n : the bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full bosomed
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