bathykolpian

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Etymology [edit]

Derived from Ancient Greek words βαθύς (bathus, deep) and κόλπος (kolpos, bosom).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • enPR: băth-i-kol-pē-en

Adjective [edit]

bathykolpian (comparative more bathykolpian, superlative most bathykolpian)

  1. deep bosomed.
  2. big breasted.
    "The bathykolpian Heré ... sent down Iris" - Oliver Wendell Holmes, "Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table" (1858)