buxom
Meaning of buxom
adjective
- (of a woman) plump, with a full figure and large breasts.
a buxom blonde
Middle English: from the stem of Old English būgan ‘to bend’ (see bow2) + -some1. The original sense was ‘compliant, obliging’, later ‘lively and good-tempered’, influenced by the traditional association of plumpness and good health with an easy-going nature.
Information about buxom
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of buxom
buxom
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- buxom is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
buxom synonyms
Meaning bosomy:
bosomy, busty, curvaceous, curvy, sonsie, sonsy, voluptuous
Meaning chubby:
chubby, embonpoint, plump, zaftig, zoftig
Meaning (especially of a woman or part of her body) having an attractive or well-proportioned shape:
Meaning enough or more than enough; plentiful:
Meaning having a smooth, curved surface:
Meaning (of a girl's or woman's body) fully developed and curvaceous:
Meaning (of a woman) imposingly tall and shapely:
Meaning characteristic or reminiscent of the paintings of Rubens, especially with reference to his voluptuous female nudes:
Meaning having a lot of catarrh in the lungs:
Meaning (of a number of things) put or arranged in a stack or stacks:
Meaning containing or operated by air or gas under pressure:
Meaning with opposite sides or surfaces that are far or relatively far apart:
buxom antonyms
Meaning (of a person or part of their body) unattractively thin:
Meaning attractively small and dainty (used of a woman):
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