Callipygian
Pronunciation
- US IPA: /ˌkæ.ləˈpɪ.dʒi.ən/
- CA
Origin
From Ancient Greek καλλίπυγος, from καλλι- (kalli-, "beautiful") + πυγή (pugē, "buttocks").
Full definition of callipygian
Adjective
callipygian
- Having beautifully shaped buttocks.
- 1918, Frances Douglas (translator), Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Sónnica, Duffield & Company, page 131: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,
... - 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, , 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, , 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.
Synonyms
- (having beautiful buttocks) bootylicious, bumtastic, callipygous, rumpalicious