buxom
Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breastsHaving a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.
» Mary's character was a buxom amazon.
Marias Spielfigur war eine vollbusige Amazone.
Meaning
4 sensesHaving a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.
drall, vollbusig
полногру́даяpolnogrúdaja
(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
(dated)Full of health, vigour, and good temper.
(obsolete)Physically flexible or unresisting.
(broadly, obsolete)Morally pliant; obedient and easily yielding to pressure.
Examples
3 sentencesMary's character was a buxom amazon.
deMarias Spielfigur war eine vollbusige Amazone.
He was accompanied by a bevy of buxom babes.
ruКомпания большегрудых цыпочек сопровождала его.
Skura was quite buxom and Yanni liked that about her.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English buxom, also ibucsum, ibuhsum (“bendsome, flexible, pliant, obedient”),From Middle English buxom, also ibucsum, ibuhsum (“bendsome, flexible, pliant, obedient”), from Old English bōcsum, *būhsum, *ġebūhsum (“bendsome, pliant, obedient”), from Proto-West Germanic *beuhsam, *beugsam, equivalent to bow (“to bend, bow at the waist”) + -some or buck (“to bend, buckle, kick”) + -some.
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Forms
buxomer/more buxom, buxomest/most buxom| Comparative | buxomer / more buxom Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | buxomest / most buxom Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
43 synonyms- (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous:zaftigzoftig
- (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves:bosomybustycurvaceouscurvyfull-bosomedsonsiesonsystacked
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form