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buxom Definition


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buxom
adj
    1. Said of a woman: attractively plump, lively and healthy-looking.
      Thesaurus: ample, plump, robust, curvaceous, voluptuous; Antonym: petite, slim, small.
    2. Said of a woman: having large or plumply rounded breasts; busty.
      Thesaurus: bosomy, busty, chesty.
Derivative: buxomness
noun
    Etymology: 16c in sense 1;12c as buhsum, in obsolete sense ‘pliant' or ‘obedient'.



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