callipygian

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 See also

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[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/

[edit] Adjective

callipygian (comparative more callipygian, superlative most callipygian)

1. 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!

[edit] Synonyms

• (having beautiful buttocks): callipygous

[edit] Antonyms

• (having beautiful buttocks): cacopygian, dasypygal

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• steatopygous