Meanings
comparative more bootylicious · superlative most bootylicious · alternative bootilicious
- 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 Child3 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 104He 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 93It’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 16Synonyms: bumtastic, rumpalicious, callipygian, callipygous
- 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
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰewbʰ-?
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰudʰmḗn
- Proto-Germanic*butmaz
- Proto-West Germanic*botm
- Old Englishbotm
- Middle Englishbotme
- Englishbott(om)
- Englishbotty?
- Englishbooty
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Proto-Indo-European*deh₃-der.?
- Proto-Italic*lakjō
- Latinlaciō
- Latindēliciō
- Latindēliciae
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
- Late Latindēliciōsu
- Anglo-Normandelicious
- Middle Englishdelicious
- Englishdelicious
- Englishbootylicious
From booty + -licious. First attested in the 1990s and popularized by the song "Bootylicious" (2001) by Destiny's Child.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek καλλίπυγος
- καλλίπυγος (kallípugos)callipygous
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bootylicious
Cite this entry
bootylicious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootylicious
“bootylicious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootylicious. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bootylicious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootylicious.
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