buxomness
Voluptuousness, shapelinessVoluptuousness, shapeliness.
/ˈbʌksəmnəs/
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)Voluptuousness, shapeliness.
(obsolete, uncountable)Obedience.
(archaic, uncountable)Happiness, gaiety.
More definitions
- the bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed
Origin
Inherited from Middle English buxomnesse, buxumnesse (“obedience, meekness, benevolence”);Inherited from Middle English buxomnesse, buxumnesse (“obedience, meekness, benevolence”); by surface analysis, buxom + ness.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable