bathykolpian
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Ancient Greek words βαθύς (bathús, “deep”) and κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom”), therefore βαθύκολπος.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: băth-i-kol-pē-en
Adjective
[edit]bathykolpian (comparative more bathykolpian, superlative most bathykolpian)
- Deep-bosomed: big-breasted.
- Synonyms: bathukolpic, callimastian
- 1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table:
- The bathykolpian Heré […] sent down Iris.