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buxomness

bu·xom·ness

UK/ˈbʌksəmnəs/ uncommon archaic obsolete

noun

1.

the bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full bosomed

Origin

Inherited from Middle English buxomnesse, buxumnesse (“obedience, meekness, benevolence”); by surface analysis, buxom + ness.

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