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Webster 1913 Edition
Buxom
Bux′om
,Adj.
1.
Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble.
[Obs.]
So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be,
And
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
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
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Buxom
BUX'OM
, a.1.
Obedient; obsequious; ready to obey.2.
Gay; lively; brisk.3.
Wanton; jolly.