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Unbowsome

//ʌnˈbaʊsəm// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Unbending, not bending, not shifting.

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

  2. 2
    Uncompliant, disobedient, steadfast

Etymology

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

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