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buxom

bu·xom

UK/ˈbʌksəm/ US/ˈbʌksʌm/ uncommon dated obsolete

adjective

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”
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2.

euphemisms for slightly fat

  • “a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular” Robt.A.Hamilton
  • “chubby babies”
  • “pleasingly plump”
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Origin

From Middle English buxom, also ibucsum, ibuhsum (“bendsome, flexible, pliant, obedient”), from Old English bōcsum, *būhsum, *ġebūhsum (“bendsome, pliant, obedient”), from Proto-West Germanic *beuhsam, *beugsam, equivalent to bow (“to bend, bow at the waist”) + -some or buck (“to bend, buckle, kick”) + -some. Cognate with Scots bowsome (“compliant”), West Frisian bûgsum (“flexible, bendy”), Dutch buigzaam (“flexible, pliant”), German biegsam (“flexible, pliant”).

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