buxom
/ˈbʌksəm/adjective
buxom is spelled B-U-X-O-M: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, buxom means “Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in buxom?
| Letters | 5: B-U-X-O-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,838th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is buxom?
Buxom appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce buxom?
- /ˈbʌksəm/
Buxom has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-buxom.ogg, En-au-buxom.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of buxom
- buxomer comparative
- more buxom comparative
- buxomest superlative
- most buxom superlative
- bucksome
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does buxom mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.
- 2
datedFull of health, vigour, and good temper.
- 3
obsoletePhysically flexible or unresisting.
- 4
obsoleteMorally pliant; obedient and easily yielding to pressure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Buxom in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having a full, voluptuous figure:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bien en chair |
| German | drall, vollbusig |
| Portuguese | tetuda, peituda |
| Spanish | pechugona, maciza, tetona, turgente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does buxom come from?
From Middle English buxom, also ibucsum, ibuhsum (“bendsome, flexible, pliant, obedient”), from Old English bōcsum, *būhsum, *ġebūhsum (“bendsome, pliant, obedient”), from Proto-West Germanic *beuhsam, *beugsam, equivalent to bow (“to bend, bow at the waist”) + -some or buck (“to bend, buckle, kick”) + -some.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).