callipygous

C3A1L1L1I1P3Y4G2O1U1S1
UK/kalɪˈpɪdʒəs/UK/kalɪˈpʌɪɡəs/US/ˌkæl.ɪˈpɪ.d͡ʒəs/US/kæləˈpaɪɡəs/

adjective

Synonym of callipygian.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectivecallipygous (comparative more callipygous, superlative most callipygous)

comparative more callipygous · superlative most callipygous

  1. Synonym of callipygian.

    The other hand came up and together they described a near callipygous shape.

    1976, Samuel R. Delany, Triton, Bantam Books,, →ISBN, page 105
    2 more examples

    One does not fall very desperately in love with a loud speaker, however pretty, however firmly plump (for Philip's tastes were rather old-fashioned), however attractively callipygous.

    1928, Aldous Huxley, chapter VII, in Point Counter Point, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 122

    He enjoyed Nurse Sue Ann Duckett’s long white legs and supple, callipygous ass; he often neglected to remember that she was quite slim and fragile from the waist up and hurt her unintentionally in moments of passion when he hugged her too roughly.

    1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC

    Synonyms: callipygian

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSynonym of callipygian.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivepertaining to or having finely developed buttocks

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκάλλος“beauty”
  2. Englishcallipygous

From Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + πυγή (pugḗ, “buttocks”) + -ous.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: callipygous on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.