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.