buxom

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This word consists of 5 letters and is spelled as "B-U-X-O-M". It has 2 vowels and 3 consonants.

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buxom

adjective

How to pronunciation buxom: ˈbək-səm

What does Buxom Mean?

What does buxom meaning in English

1. Obedient; obsequious. He did tread down, and disgrace all the English, and set up and countenance the Irish; thinking thereby to make them more tractable and buxom to his government. Spenser’s Ireland. He, with broad sails, Winnow’d the buxom air. Milton.
   
2. Gay; lively; brisk. I’m born Again a fresh child of the buxom morn, Heir of the sun’s first beams. Crashaw. Zephyr, with Aurora playing, As he met her once a maying, Fill’d her with thee, a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonnair. Milton. Sturdy swains, In clean array, for rustick dance prepare, Mixt with the buxom damsels, hand in hand, They frisk and bound. Philips.
   
3. Wanton; jolly. Almighty Jove descends, and pours Into his buxom bride his fruitful show’rs. Dryden’s Virgil. She feign’d the rites of Bacchus! cry’d aloud, And to the buxom god the virgin vow’d. Dryden’s Æneid.

Other definitions for buxom

The definition of 'buxom' is: vigorously or healthily plump; specifically : full-bosomed

How many syllables does "buxom" have?

Want to know how to spell buxom, you will find a comprehensive answer on this topic. The word "buxom consists of 2 syllables and is spelled "ˈbək-səm".

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Some words similar to "buxom"

• buxomly

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