Etymology

unbowsome

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Today it means: Unbending, not bending, not shifting. Full definition →

Northern Middle English unbowsom
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  1. Northern Middle English · inherited fromunbowsom
  2. English todayunbowsome

Inherited from Northern Middle English unbowsom (non-Northern unbuxom); equivalent to un- + Scots bowsome or buxom.

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