bootylicious

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UK/ˌbuː.tiˈlɪ.ʃəs/US/ˌbu.tiˈlɪ.ʃəs/

adjective

Voluptuously attractive, especially of a woman's buttocks.

UncommonScrabble 19

Meanings

adjectivebootylicious (comparative more bootylicious, superlative most bootylicious)

comparative more bootylicious · superlative most bootylicious · alternative bootilicious

  1. slangVoluptuously attractive, especially of a woman's buttocks.

    I don't think you're ready for this jelly / I don't think you're ready for this / 'Cause my body too bootylicious for ya, babe

    2001, “Bootylicious”, in Falonte Moore, Beyoncé, Rob Fusari (lyrics), Survivor, performed by Destiny's Child
    3 more examples

    Is it OK for a chunky, 40-something white guy to feel bootylicious? Oh, how I hope it's acceptable, because if feeling bootylicious is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

    2003, Dale Alderman, Being a Dad, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 104

    He lingered for a few minutes, vacantly watching a bootylicious black girl bump and grind to Pink’s catchy smash, “Get the Party Started.”

    2004, Jon Jeffrey, Boyfriend Material, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 93

    It’s your daughter with a tank top that says porn star, hot pants that say bootylicious and, of course, underneath ... the kiddie thong.

    2005, Glenn Beck, The Real America, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 16

    Synonyms: bumtastic, rumpalicious, callipygian, callipygous

  2. nonce wordslangBad; weak.

    Your bark was loud, but your bite wasn't vicious / And them rhymes you were kickin' were quite bootylicious

    1992, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, “Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')”, in The Chronic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveVoluptuously attractive, especially of a woman's buttocks.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewbʰ-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰudʰmḗn
  3. Proto-Germanic*butmaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*botm
  5. Old Englishbotm
  6. Middle Englishbotme
  7. Englishbott(om)
  8. Englishbotty?
  9. Englishbooty
  10. Proto-Indo-European*de
  11. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  12. Proto-Italic*dē
  13. Latindē
  14. Latindē-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*deh₃-der.?
  16. Proto-Italic*lakjō
  17. Latinlaciō
  18. Latindēliciō
  19. Latindēliciae
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  22. Late Latindēliciōsu
  23. Anglo-Normandelicious
  24. Middle Englishdelicious
  25. Englishdelicious
  26. Englishbootylicious

From booty + -licious. First attested in the 1990s and popularized by the song "Bootylicious" (2001) by Destiny's Child.

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Translations

Ancient Greek καλλίπυγος
  • καλλίπυγος (kallípugos)callipygous

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

bootylicious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootylicious

MLA

“bootylicious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootylicious. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bootylicious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootylicious.

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