buxom

[ buhk-suhm ]

adjective

1. (of a woman) full-bosomed.
2. (of a woman) healthy, plump, cheerful, and lively.

buxom

/ ˈbʌksəm /

adjective

1. (esp of a woman) healthily plump, attractive, and vigorous
2. (of a woman) full-bosomed

Derived Forms

• ˈbuxomness, noun
• ˈbuxomly, adverb

Other Words From

• buxom·ly adverb
• buxom·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of buxom¹

1125–75; Middle English, earlier buhsum pliant, equivalent to Old English būh (variant stem of būgan to bow ¹ ) + -sum -some ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of buxom¹

C12: buhsum compliant, pliant, from Old English būgan to bend, bow ¹; related to Middle Dutch būchsam pliant, German biegsam

Example Sentences

Of Mr. Pesce’s factory-made pieces, the most celebrated is an armchair shaped like a buxom fertility goddess attached by a wire to a ball-shaped ottoman.

From New York Times

After taking up art as a teenager at boarding school in the 1940s, Ms. Mackler spent a lifetime supporting herself with low-level office jobs while dedicating her nights and weekends to painting and drawing buxom figures much like her own, using a confident, imaginative, sometimes wiry line that evoked the work of Paul Klee.

From New York Times

Part buxom cheerleader — in tiny shorts and tight tank tops — and part oversize baby doll, with a goofy laugh and odd, slightly askew pigtails, she invited ogling but never ogled back, absolving viewers of any prurience.

From Seattle Times

Buxom Barbie in her stiletto mules was simply overpriced and far too dear.

From Seattle Times

Pinball parlors have long been dominated by the bodies of men, their stories painted lurid on the back glass of machines in corny, sexualized images of cartoonishly buxom women.

From Salon