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† unˈbuxom, a. Obs.
Forms: (see buxom a.).
[un-1 7. Cf. unbowsome a.]
1. Not submissive or compliant; intractable, disobedient. Freq. const. to.
a1250Prov. ælfred 450 in O.E. Misc. 128 Betere is child vnbore, Þane vnbuhsum. a1300Cursor M. 28089 To crist ic haue vn-buxum bene. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 15378 Monk ne clerk wolde þey non spare, For þey byforn unbuxom ware. 1380Lay Folks Catech. 713 (Lamb. MS.), Rebel men..ben vnbuxum to cryst and his chyrche. c1440Jacob's Well 112 Þis vyce makyth a mannys herte hard & vnbuxom to god. a1470H. Parker Dives & Pauper (1496) iv. viii. 171/1 Childern unbuxum to fader & moder sholde be stoned to deth. 1559J. Aylmer Harborowe Q 4 God punished that sinne with another by sending them vnbuxome hartes.
absol.1389in Eng. Gilds (1870) 5 Ȝif eny be rebelle..þe forsaide bretherhede shul be helpyng aȝeins þe rebelle and vnboxhum.
2. Unready to bend; stiff.
c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 985 My bak unbuxum hath swich thyng forsworne, At instance of writing,..That stowpyng hath hym spilt with his labour.
Hence † unˈbuxomly adv. Obs.
1390Gower Conf. I. 88 Evere unbuxomly thei pleigne Upon fortune. Ibid. III. 212 The more unbuxomliche he cride. a1400MS. Harl. 2260 fol. 3, I usedde wronge with my body, And serves the unbuxumly. |