English → Latin
“buxom” in Latin
obsequorto accommodate oneself to the will of another person; comply with, yield to, gratify, oblige, humor, submit; to yield toobsequiōsusobsequious, complaisant, complyinghilarischeerful, lively, light-hearted, merry, jovialalacerlively; brisk; quick; eager; active; peppy; excited; glad; happy; cheerfullaetushappy, cheerful, glad; fertile, luxuriant, lush, richlascīvuswanton, playful, frisky; lustful, licentious, lascivious, lewd; luxuriantprotervusviolent, vehement; reckless, wanton, shameless, impudent; audacious
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
buxom
obsequens, obsequiosus, obediens.
Gay, brisk, hilaris, alacer, laetus.
Wanton, jolly, lascivus, protervus. etc. Vid: WANTON.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for buxom?
- The usual Latin words for “buxom” are obsequor, obsequiōsus, hilaris; also alacer, laetus, lascīvus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.