bowsome

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From Early Scots bowsum ("obedient, compliant") (circa 1375), from Northern Middle English buȝsom , from early Middle English buhsum (cf. buxom ), from Old English būgan ("to bend"), from Proto-Germanic *beuganą , from Proto-Indo-European *bhūgh- ("to bend"). Equivalent to bow +‎ -some .

• IPA ^(key): /ˈbɔusʌm/

bowsome (comparative mair bowsome, superlative maist bowsome)

1. (archaic ) Characterised or marked by bowing or obedience; (by extension) compliant; willing.

• ⇒ English: unbowsome

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