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Meaning of 'buxom' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Buxom [ a.]
- Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble.
- Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome.

Meaning of 'buxom' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . buxom [ s]
Meaning (1):
- (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
Example in sentence:
  • a curvy young woman in a tight dress;
  • Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes
Meaning (2):
- (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous
Example in sentence:
  • a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular

Nearby Words:

buxeous buxine

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