Meaning

2 senses
  1. Having beautifully shaped buttocks.

    kallipygisch

    каллипиги́йскийkallipigíjskij, каллипиги́йскаяkallipigíjskaja

    каліпігі́йськийkalipihíjsʹkyj, каліпігі́йськаkalipihíjsʹka

    pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks

  2. Specifically, describing a statue (often of a goddess such as Aphrodite) in a pose that shows off the figure's shapely buttocks.

Translations

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Origin

From Ancient Greek καλλίπυγος (kallípugos) + -ian, from κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + πυγή (

From Ancient Greek καλλίπυγος (kallípugos) + -ian, from κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + πυγή (pugḗ, “buttocks”).

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Forms

more callipygian, most callipygian
Comparativemore callipygian Lesson
Superlativemost callipygian Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
having beautiful buttocks:bootyliciousbumtasticcallipygousrumpaliciousthicc
Close in meaning
  • pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks:callipygous

Word family

4 related words

See also

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