bowsome

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔusʌm/

bowsome (comparative mair bowsome, superlative maist bowsome)

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

• ⇒ English: unbowsome