adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

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

Antonyms

All antonyms

obedient

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

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

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