\Bux"om\, a. [OE. buxum, boxom, buhsum, pliable, obedient,
AS. b[=o]csum, b[=u]hsum (akin to D. buigzaam blexible, G.
biegsam); b[=u]gan to bow, bend + -sum, E. -some. See {Bow}
to bend, and {-some}.]
1. Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient;
   tractable; docile; meek; humble. [Obs.]
         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.