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Grammar : Adj
Spell : buhk-suh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌk səm

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Définition of buxom

Origin :
  • late 12c., buhsum "humble, obedient," from Proto-Germanic *buh- stem of Old English bugen "to bow" (see bow (v.)) + -som, for a total meaning "capable of being bent."
  • Meaning progressed from "compliant, obliging," through "lively, jolly," "healthily plump, vigorous," to (in women, and perhaps influenced by lusty) "plump, comely" (1580s). Used often of breasts, and by 1950s it had begun to be used more narrowly for "bosomy" and could be paired with slim (adj.). Dutch buigzaam, German biegsam "flexible, pliable" hew closer to the original sense of the English cognate.
  • adj bosomy
Example sentences :
  • She was English, and by nature, of a buxom figure and cheerful.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • She was genial, buxom and apple-faced, as becomes a landlady.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • But the Peakes are happy, and the twins are growing up to be buxom children.
  • Extract from : « Darry the Life Saver » by Frank V. Webster
  • It amused him to see the buxom women flagging the train at crossings.
  • Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
  • Buxom were Craigiebuckle's "dochters," and Jamie was Janet's accepted suitor.
  • Extract from : « Auld Licht Idylls » by J. M. Barrie
  • The housekeeper, a comfortable, buxom Cornish woman, smiled incredulously.
  • Extract from : « Real Ghost Stories » by William T. Stead
  • If the shadowy roeshad is not for me neither is her cousin, the buxom roebuck.
  • Extract from : « Cobb's Bill-of-Fare » by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
  • She was a buxom girl with dark hair and eyes, calm and self-possessed.
  • Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
  • Gay, laughing, healthy, buxom—a natural product of her care-free environment.
  • Extract from : « Theft » by Jack London
  • His hope was fulfilled when the buxom Mrs. Spencer returned, which she speedily did.
  • Extract from : « The Making of a Soul » by Kathlyn Rhodes

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