buxom

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(bŭk'səm) pronunciation
adj.
    1. Healthily plump and ample of figure: "A generation ago, fat babies were considered healthy and buxom actresses were popular, but society has since come to worship thinness" (Robert A. Hamilton).
    2. Full-bosomed.
  1. Archaic. Lively, vivacious, and gay.
  2. Obsolete. Obedient; yielding; pliant.

[Middle English, obedient, from Old English *būhsum, from būgan, to bend, submit.]

buxomly bux'om·ly adv.
buxomness bux'om·ness n.

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adjective

    Having a full, voluptuous figure: curvaceous, curvy, shapely, well-developed. Informal built. Slang stacked. See beautiful/ugly.


adj

Definition: bosomy
Antonyms: flat, petite, small

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Having a plump or healthy form; attractive and large-chested (usually a woman).

pronunciation The pearl necklace looked beautiful on the buxom woman.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - trivelig, buttet

Nederlands (Dutch)
met grote borsten, met vol figuur

Français (French)
adj. - plantureux, bien en chair

Deutsch (German)
adj. - drall

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αφράτη, στρουμπουλή

Italiano (Italian)
formosa

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - viçoso, jovial, rechonchudo

Русский (Russian)
пышная, грудастая

Español (Spanish)
adj. - metida en carnes, rolliza, pechugona

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - mullig, yppig, trevlig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
丰满的, 娇媚的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 豐滿的, 嬌媚的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 포동포동한, 매력적인, 건강하고 쾌활한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ふくよかで美しい, 健康で快活な, 豊満な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جسم مملوء (صفه للنسا عادة)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מלאה ונאה למראה, יפה, נאה‬


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