Maybe he meant "buxom," in Shakespeare's sense.  Here's what the OED has:

II. Blithe, jolly, well-favoured.

    3. Blithe, gladsome, bright, lively, gay. arch.
  (The explanation in Bailey and Johnson, ‘amorous, wanton’, is apparently only contextual.)

1599 SHAKES. Hen. V, III. vi. 28 A Souldier firme and sound of heart, and of buxome valour. 

Herb

Herbert F. W. Stahlke, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of English
Ball State University
Muncie, IN  47306
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Subject: Fulsome discussion

Just how disgusting or offensive does this top bureaucrat want the discussion to be?


On Wednesday, Groves [Director of the U.S. Census Bureau] welcomed the congressional debate.

"It's good to talk about these issues about how to nurture and improve federal statistics," he said in response to a reporter's question while Locke looked on. "Whether this particular proposal is one that has merit is something that is open to fulsome discussion, and we ought to have it."


N. Scott Catledge, PhD/STD
Professor Emeritus
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