What does buxom mean?
Buxom means (of a woman) Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts..
Buxom
/ˈbʌksəm/ · adjective
Meaning
(of a woman) Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts..
Definitions by Sense
- (of a woman) Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.
- (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
Aarfy's buxom trollop had vanished with her smutty cameo ring, and Nurse Duckett was ashamed of him because he had refused to fly more combat missions and would cause a scandal.
DIED. Robert Brooks, 69, canny businessman who, as chairman of Hooters, turned the bar-restaurant chain, famed for buxom waitresses in orange hot pants, into an international success.
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.
Claypole, the buxom novelist,...[his] bubbling utterances....
So heated and impassioned, indeed, would they become, that the lady hardly felt herself safe in their company at such times, notwithstanding that she was a brave and buxom damsel, not easily put out, and with a daring spirit of humour in her composition.
He had not seen Zilla since Paul had shot her, and he still pictured her as buxom, high-colored, lively, and a little blowsy.
Their substance is of a middle Nature betwixt bones and gristles moderately hard, the better to beare the violence of outward iniures, flexible or buxome that they should not breake but giue way to violence, pellucide or transparant and therefore they are either red or liuid according to their flesh vnder them.
They downe him hold, and fast with cords do bynde, / Till they him force the buxome yoke to beare […].
Synonyms for buxom
Antonyms for buxom
Related Words
Word Forms
- buxomer
- more buxom
- buxomest
- most buxom
- bucksome
Usage Notes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for buxom?
Common synonyms include bosomy, big-breasted, busty, chesty.
What is the opposite of buxom?
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
How do you use buxom in a sentence?
Aarfy's buxom trollop had vanished with her smutty cameo ring, and Nurse Duckett was ashamed of him because he had refused to fly more combat missions and would cause a scandal.
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