buxomnesse

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === boxomnesse, boxsumnes, buxumnesse buhsumnesse (Early Middle English); buxomnes (Late Middle English) boȝsamnesse (Kent); bocsomnesse, bocsumpnesse, boxumnes, boxumnesse (West Midland) boghsomnes, bousomnes, bowsoumness, bowsumnes, buxsomnes, buxsumnes, buxumnes (Northern) === Etymology === From buxom (“obedient, humble”) +‎ -nesse (“-ness”). First attested in c. 1175. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuksumˌnɛs(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈbu(ː)xsumˌnɛs(ə)/ (early West Midlands) IPA(key): /ˈbɔxsamˌnɛs(ə)/ (Kent (Aȝenbite)) IPA(key): /ˈbuː(x)sumˌnɛs/, /ˈbɔu̯(x)sumˌnɛs/ (Northern) === Noun === buxomnesse (uncountable) Humility, meekness; being humble. Obedience, submissiveness; being obedient or unassertive. Kindness, benevolence; being gracious or generous. ==== Descendants ==== English: buxomness ==== References ==== “buxǒmnes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “buxomness, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.