buxom

Adjective

Synonyms: bosomy busty curvaceous curvy full-bosomed sonsie sonsy stacked voluptuous well-endowed zaftig zoftig

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves“Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes”“a curvy young woman in a tight dress”Synonyms: bosomy busty curvaceous curvy full-bosomed sonsie sonsy stacked voluptuous well-endowed
(of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous“a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular — Robt.A.Hamilton;”Synonyms: zaftig zoftig

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Buxom \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.] [1913 Webster]

So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be, And buxom to his bands, is joy to see.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]

I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it.— Foxe.[1913 Webster]

2.Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome. [1913 Webster]

A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing, singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long.— Tatler.[1913 Webster]

3.having a pronounced womanly shape. [chiefly dialect]

Syn: bosomy, curvaceous, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, voluptuous. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] -- Bux"om*ly, adv. -- Bux"om*ness, n. [1913 Webster]