bucksome

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English buxum, buhsum (“flexible, bendsome”). Often analysed, due to confusion with the verb buck (“to spring, buckle, kick violently”) and buck (“he-goat”), as though from buck +‎ -some. Doublet of buxom. === Adjective === bucksome (comparative more bucksome, superlative most bucksome) Archaic form of buxom. Marked by bucking or bucking up; (by extension) lively; brisk; jocund. Spirited or lively, like a buck. ==== Related terms ====