Etymology

dasypygal

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Today it means: Having hairy buttocks. Full definition →

Ancient Greek δασύς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδασύς“hairy, dense”
  2. English todaydasypygal

From Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy, dense”) + πυγή (pugḗ, “buttocks”).

Words from the same roots

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