buxom

Virtual Kim swans in every so often to dish out advice like a buxom fairy godmother.
Inside ‘Kim Kardashian: Hollywood’: The Reality Star’s Aspirational App and Vainest Project Yet|Frances McInnis|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She was also a buxom beauty, a kind of nineteenth century bombshell who loved to flirt.
Lincoln in Love|Jerome Charyn|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The sub-text: “The picture editor wants to see me dressed up like a buxom serving wench.”
Text And Sub-Text: Breaking The Secret Pippa Code|Tom Sykes|October 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
At one point, she almost lost out to buxom blond Natasha Henstridge.
What’s Behind Hollywood’s Asian Flirtation? China’s Box Office|Marlow Stern|August 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST

But to some, the idea of a 6-year-old lending her image to a brand famous for provocative spreads and buxom models is inexcusable.
Too Young to Model: Anna Nicole Smith’s 6-Year-Old Modeling Spawn|Anna Klassen|November 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Again she was buxom and blooming, one whose hand you would take instead of offering an arm.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
So resplendent was their appearance that the proud father hardly recognized his two buxom daughters in their gay attire.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Buxom were Craigiebuckle's "dochters," and Jamie was Janet's accepted suitor.
Auld Licht Idylls|J. M. Barrie
Hence the bright wards, the buxom attendants, the frequent jinks.
Mystic London:|Charles Maurice Davies

British Dictionary definitions for buxom

buxom

/ (ˈbʌksəm) /

adjective

(esp of a woman) healthily plump, attractive, and vigorous

(of a woman) full-bosomed

Derived forms of buxom

buxomly, adverbbuxomness, noun

Word Origin for buxom

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

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