unbowsome

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/ʌnˈbaʊsəm/

adjective

Unbending, not bending, not shifting.

OriginNorthern Middle English unbowsom →
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Meanings

adjectiveunbowsome (comparative more unbowsome, superlative most unbowsome)

comparative more unbowsome · superlative most unbowsome

  1. Unbending, not bending, not shifting.

    Will Martin, with a lisping unbowsome tongue, addressed the one next to him to the following effect.

    Oct. 2, 2014, Supernatural Classics: The Three Perils of Man, Thrawn Janet and Other Stories, Phantastes and Lilith
  2. Uncompliant, disobedient, steadfast

Origin

  1. Northern Middle Englishunbowsom
  2. Englishunbowsome

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

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APA

unbowsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbowsome

MLA

“unbowsome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbowsome. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbowsome,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbowsome.

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