callipygous

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
24
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/kalɪˈpɪdʒəs/ (UK)
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/kalɪˈpɪdʒəs/ (UK) · /kalɪˈpʌɪɡəs/ (UK) · /ˌkæl.ɪˈpɪ.d͡ʒəs/ (US) · /kæləˈpaɪɡəs/ (US)

Definition of callipygous

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Synonym of callipygian.
    “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.”
    “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.”
    “The other hand came up and together they described a near callipygous shape.”

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Etymology

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

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