Meanings
comparative more callipygous · superlative most callipygous
- 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 1052 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 122He 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, →OCLCSynonyms: callipygian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of callipygian.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivepertaining to or having finely developed buttocks
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Origin
- Ancient Greekκάλλος“beauty”
- Englishcallipygous
From Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + πυγή (pugḗ, “buttocks”) + -ous.
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