callipygian
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek καλλίπυγος (kallipugos), from καλλι- (kalli-, “beautiful”) + πυγή (pugē, “buttocks”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- (US) IPA: /ˌkæ.ləˈpɪ.dʒi.ən/, SAMPA: /%k{.l@"pI.dZi.@n/
- (Canada) IPA: /ˌkælɪˈpɪdʒiən/, /ˌkæliˈpɪdʒjən/, /ˌkæləˈpɪdʒiən/, /ˌkæləˈpɪdʒjən/
[edit] Adjective
callipygian (comparative more callipygian, superlative most callipygian)
- Having beautifully shaped buttocks.
- 2006, Geoffrey Brock (translator), Umberto Eco (author), The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 978-0-15-603043-4, page 246:
- Her gown (perhaps as a result of the scorching winds coming off the ambas) clung damply to her body, clearly revealing her callipygian curves and the entire shapely length of her legs.
- 2007, Ryan North, Dinosaur Comics, from the comic strip on May 22:
- [T-Rex:] My lovely visage, callipygian frame, startlingly awesome calves and charming smile will yet go down in history!
- 2008, Conrad Black, "A nation seeking a hero," National Post (Canada), 12 January:
- With trepidation, but not embarrassment, I offer the thought that Mrs. Obama, a formerly disadvantaged alumna of Princeton and Harvard, to judge from her well-strategized appearances on national television in exiguous dresses and trousers, is as callipygian as Jennifer Lopez.
- 2009, Phil Foglio, Girl Genius, from the comic strip on Monday, December 01, 2008:
- [Zetha] I'm here to get you off your fat butt and to that science fair.
- [Agatha] ...and the term you want is callipygian you cow.
- 2006, Geoffrey Brock (translator), Umberto Eco (author), The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 978-0-15-603043-4, page 246:
[edit] Synonyms
- (having beautiful buttocks): callipygous
[edit] Translations
having beautiful buttocks
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