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byst.

a bust (sculpture)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. a bust (sculpture)

    common-gender

  2. a bust (breasts)

    common-gender

  3. a bust (breasts) bosom (sometimes closer in tone in a casual, old-fashioned (folksy) context)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Potentially to Latin bustum. Alternatively to older byste, buste, to Old Swedish bøste, from Old East Norse *bausti (“chest, breasts”) (cf. Old West Norse beysti).

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