buxom
11buxom — [12] Originally, buxom meant ‘obedient’. It goes back to an unrecorded *būhsum, which meant literally ‘capable of being bent’, and was formed from the verb būgan ‘bend’, from which modern English gets bow. The sequence by which the word’s present …
12buxom — adjective a woman who is buxom is attractively large and healthy and has big breasts …
13buxom — adjective a buxom lingerie model Syn: large breasted, big breasted, bosomy, big bosomed; shapely, ample, plump, rounded, full figured, voluptuous, curvaceous, Rubenesque; informal busty, built, stacked, chesty, well endowed, curvy …
14buxom — UK [ˈbʌks(ə)m] / US [ˈbʌksəm] adjective a buxom woman is rather fat in an attractive way, with large breasts …
15buxom — [ˈbʌks(ə)m] adj a buxom woman is rather fat in an attractive way, with large breasts …
16buxom — [12] Originally, buxom meant ‘obedient’. It goes back to an unrecorded *būhsum, which meant literally ‘capable of being bent’, and was formed from the verb būgan ‘bend’, from which modern English gets bow. The sequence by which the word’s present …
17buxom — buxomly, adv. buxomness, n. /buk seuhm/, adj. 1. (of a woman) full bosomed. 2. (of a woman) healthy, plump, cheerful, and lively. [1125 75; ME, earlier buhsum pliant, equiv. to OE buh (var. s. of bugan to BOW1) + sum SOME1] * * * …
18buxom — Synonyms and related words: Junoesque, adipose, agreeable, amply endowed, attractive, becoming, beefy, big bellied, bloated, blowzy, bonny, bosomy, braw, brawny, built, built for comfort, burly, busty, callipygian, callipygous, chesty, chubby,… …
19buxom — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. plump, healthy; shapely, [well ]built. See form. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Hearty] Syn. plump, robust, vigorous; see healthy 1 , fat 1 . 2. [Large breasted] Syn. shapely, curvaceous, voluptuous,… …
20buxom — bux·om || bÊŒksÉ™m adj. healthy, plump, cheerful (of a woman); having a large bosom (of a woman) …
