Word Meanings - BUXOM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

bocsum, buhsum ; bugan to 1. Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble. So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be, And buxom to his bands, is joy to see. Spenser. I submit myself unto this holy church

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bocsum, buhsum ; bugan to 1. Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble. So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be, And buxom to his bands, is joy to see. Spenser. I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it. Foxe. 2. Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome. A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Milton. A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing, singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long. Tatler. -- Bux"om*ly, adv. -- Bux"om*ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BUXOM)

• Bonny
• Fair
• pretty
• pleasant
• lively
• cheerful
• shapely
• buxom

Related words: (words related to BUXOM)

• LIVELY
  1. Endowed with or manifesting life; living. Chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves. Holland. 2. Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth. But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste, With youthful steps Much livelier
• PLEASANT-TONGUED
  Of pleasing speech.
• PLEASANTNESS
  The state or quality of being pleasant.
• PRETTYISM
  Affectation of a pretty style, manner, etc. Ed. Rev.
• PRETTY-SPOKEN
  Spoken or speaking prettily.
• CHEERFULNESS
  Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.
• BONNYCLABBER
  Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; -- sometimes called simply clabber. B. Jonson.
• SHAPELY
  1. Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical. T. Warton. Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn. Pope. Where the shapely column stood. Couper. 2. Fit; suitable. Shaply for to
• BONNY
  F. bon, fem. bonne, good, fr. L. bonus good. See Bounty, and cf. 1. Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful. Till bonny Susan sped across the plain. Gay. Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr. Burns. 2. Gay; merry; frolicsome;
• PRETTYISH
  Somewhat pretty. Walpole.
• CHEERFUL
  Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing. To entertain a cheerful disposition. Shak. The cheerful birds of sundry kind Do chant sweet music. Spenser. A cheerful confidence in the
• PLEASANTLY
  In a pleasant manner.
• PLEASANT
  1. Pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses; agreeable; as, a pleasant journey; pleasant weather. Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Ps. cxxxiii. 1. 2. Cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous;
• CHEERFULLY
  In a cheerful manner, gladly.
• BUXOM
  bocsum, buhsum ; bugan to 1. Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble. So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be, And buxom to his bands, is joy to see. Spenser. I submit myself unto this holy church
• PLEASANTRY
  That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage. The grave abound in pleasantries, the dull in repartees and points
• PRETTY
  AS. prættig, prætig, crafty, sly, akin to præt, prætt, deceit, trickery, Icel. prettugr tricky, prettr a trick; probably fr. Latin, perhaps through Celtic; cf. W. praith act, deed, practice, LL. 1. Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting,
• UNBUXOM
  Disobedient. Piers Plowman. -- Un*bux"om*ly, adv. -- Un*bux"om*ness, n.
• UNPLEASANTRY
  1. Want of pleasantry. 2. A state of disagreement; a falling out. Thackeray.
• DISPLEASANT
  Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant. Speed. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ly, adv. Strype. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ness, n.