bowsome

Scots

Etymology

From Early Scots (c. 1375) bowsum (“obedient, compliant”), 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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔusʌm/

Adjective

bowsome (comparative mair bowsome, superlative maist bowsome)

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