bosomy
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation)IPA(key):/ˈbʊz(ə)mi/,/ˈbʊzmi/
- (General American)IPA(key):/ˈbʊzəmi/
Audio(General American): (file) - Hyphenation:bo‧somy
Adjective
[edit]bosomy(comparativebosomierormorebosomy,superlativebosomiestormostbosomy)
- Full ofshelteredhollowsorrecesses.
- 1815May (date written),Leigh Hunt,“[Translations, &c.][Sonnets.]VI. To Hampstead..”, inThe Feast of the Poets,[…],2nd edition, London:[…]Gale and Fenner,[…],published1815,→OCLC,page161:
- […]I beheld, in momentary sun, / One of thy hills gleam bright andbosomy,/ Just like that orb of orbs, a human one, / Let forth by chance upon a lover's eye.
- 1841,Spencer T. Hall, “Life of Robin Hood”, inThe Forester’s Offering,London: Whitaker and Co.[…],→OCLC,part I (Sketches in Prose),page51:
- [E]merging from thebosomywoods about New Miller Dam, on the left, and tending towards the same point, ran that luxuriant and open tract of country including the lands of Woolley and Milthorpe, then all waving with a ripe and glorious harvest:[…]
- Having alargebosom.
- Synonyms:big-breasted,buxom,busty,chesty
- 1908June 20, “The Royal Horse Show”, in[Peter Anderson Graham],editor,Country Life,volume XXIII, number598,London:[s.n.],→OCLC,page897:
- The essence of a tandem team is surely that it should be well balanced, sporting in appearance and that the horses themselves should at all events convey the impression of being able to do a long stage with ease and comfort. Now there can be nothing "sporting" about a beefy,bosomy,bad-shouldered tandem leader, who picks his fore feet up as high as he can, hangs them down again with a straight thrust on the ground, but a very little distance in advance of the spot from which he took them up.
- 1915May, Thomas Addison, “The Taming of Aunt Maria”, inLippincott’s Magazine,volume XCV, number569,[New York, N.Y.]:McBride, Nast & Co.,→OCLC,section III,page117,column 2:
- Who invented your library?[…]I've toned it up with a lot of those "stage favourites" magazines. You know the kind— "Mary Mush as Magdalene," and all thatbosomysort of stuff; warm, but not incendiary.
- 2000February,Helen Gurley Brown,“Looks/Age/Health”, inI’m Wild Again: Snippets from My Life and a Few Brazen Thoughts,New York, N.Y.:St. Martin's Press,→ISBN,page129:
- I wasn't your typical breast-augmentation candidate, if there is such a thing.[…]First I helped myself… went through all the do-it-yourself (bobby socks, cotton, little balloons filled with water—one broke one day and talk about slushy!) augmenting. Most of the time the augmentingdidhelp… one lookedbosomier,lusher.
- 2017,Mathias Haeussler, “The Inward-looking Outsider?: The British Popular Press and European Integration, 1961–1992”, in Haakon A. Ikonomou, Aurélie Andry, Rebekka Byberg, editors,European Enlargement across Rounds and beyond Borders(Routledge Advances in European Politics), Abingdon, Oxon., New York, N.Y.:Routledge,→ISBN,part II (Beyond the Road to Membership),page81:
- German girls also featured prominently in [theDaily Mirroreditor Neil] Withcomb's coverage, as they were the "bosomiest"in Europe:" average bra size for fraulein is 36 to 38, against 34 to 36 for young British girls. Bra shapes are different, too! "
- 2017September 27,David Browne,“Hugh Hefner, ‘Playboy’ Founder, Dead at 91: Legendary Magazine Editor Helped Spark the Sexual Revolution”, inRolling Stone[1],archived fromthe originalon15 March 2018:
- For the most part,[Hugh] Hefner's female companions all adhered to the same mold: twentysomething,bosomyand blonde. "Well, I guess I know what I like," he once said when asked about his preferences.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]full of sheltered hollows or recesses
having a large bosom—seebig-breasted