Buxom
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbʌksəm/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Buxom is an adjective meaning (of a woman) Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.
Meaning
(of a woman) Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.
More Meanings
- (dated) Full of health, vigour, and good temper.
- (obsolete) Physically flexible or unresisting.
- (obsolete, by extension) Morally pliant; obedient and easily yielding to pressure.
Example Sentences
Claypole, the buxom novelist,...[his] bubbling utterances.
They downe him hold, and fast with cords do bynde, / Till they him force the buxome yoke to beare […].
He had not seen Zilla since Paul had shot her, and he still pictured her as buxom, high-colored, lively, and a little blowsy.
There on Beds of Violets blew, / And freſh-blown Roſes waſht in dew, / Fill'd her with thee a daughter fair, / So buckſom, blith, and debonair.
Word Forms
- buxomer
- buxomest
Synonyms for buxom
Depending on context, synonyms include bosomy, big-breasted, busty, chesty, plump, round.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include voluptuous, curvaceous, zaftig, shapely, embonpoint, plump.
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