callipygian
adjUS /ˌkæ.ləˈpɪ.d͡ʒi.ən/ · CA /ˌkælɪˈpɪdʒi.ən/
Etymology From Ancient Greek καλλίπυγος (kallípugos) + -ian, from κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + πυγή (pugḗ, “buttocks”).
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Having beautifully shaped buttocks.
- […]we soon once more were in a state to renew our delicious combat; and a second course was run in the delightful callipygian recesses of Venus’s second temple of lubricity.1873, anonymous author, The Romance of Lust, volume 1:
- Suddenly the music grew fainter, as if drawing away, and the dancers, their feet together and limbs half opened, descended in a slow spiral, with gentle undulations, until they touched the floor; the instant their callipygian charms grazed the mosaic, they recoiled like suddenly awakened serpents, […]1918, Frances Douglas, transl., Sónnica, Duffield & Company, translation of original by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, page 131:
3 more examples
- 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.2006, Geoffrey Brock, transl., The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, translation of original by Umberto Eco, →ISBN, page 246:
- [T-Rex:] My lovely visage, callipygian frame, startlingly awesome calves and charming smile will yet go down in history!2007, Ryan North, Dinosaur Comics, from the comic strip on May 22
- 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.2008 January 12, Conrad Black, “A nation seeking a hero”, in National Post, Canada:
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Specifically, describing a statue (often of a goddess such as Aphrodite) in a pose that shows off the figure's shapely buttocks.
- Synonyms
- bootylicious, bumtastic, callipygous, rumpalicious, thicc, asstastic, callipygian, gyatt, steatopygous
- Related terms
- steatopygia, steatopygous, natiform, busty, buttocks, :Category:en:Buttocks
- Hypernyms
- voluptuous