unbuxom

== English == === Etymology === From un- +‎ buxom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʌnˈbʌksəm/ === Adjective === unbuxom (comparative more unbuxom, superlative most unbuxom) Having small breasts; not buxom. Synonym: flat-chested For more quotations using this term, see Citations:unbuxom. ==== Related terms ==== unbuxomly unbuxomness == Middle English == === Alternative forms === onbuxom, onbuxum, umbuxom, unboxhum, unboxom, unbuxham, unbuxhum, unbuxsom, unbuxome, unbuxum unbuhsum, un-buxsum (Early Middle English) onboȝsam, on-bouxam (Kent); onbouȝsum, un-bouȝhsom (Oxfordshire) unbowsom, unbowsome, un-bowsum (Northern) === Etymology === From un- (“un-”) +‎ buxom (“obedient”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /unˈbuksum/ (Southern) IPA(key): /unˈbuːxsum/, (Kent) /ɔnˈbɔxsam/, /ɔnˈbu(ː)ksam/ (Northern also) IPA(key): /unˈbuː(x)sum/, /unˈbɔu̯(x)sum/ === Adjective === unbuxom Uncontrollable, ornery; difficult to manage. Disloyal, uncompliant; disobeying orders. ==== Descendants ==== English: unbowsome (dialectal) Middle Scots: *unbowsum, *unbousum Scots: unbowsome ==== References ==== “unbuxǒm, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.