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cal⋅li⋅pyg⋅i⋅an
[kal-uh-pij-ee-uh
n] 
–adjective
| having well-shaped buttocks. |
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| cal·li·pyg·i·an (kāl'ə-pĭj'ē-ən) adj. Having beautifully proportioned buttocks. [From Greek kallipugos : kalli-, beautiful (from kallos, beauty) + pugē, buttocks.] |
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callipygian
"of, pertaining to, or having beautiful buttocks," 1800, from Gk. kallipygos, name of a statue of Aphrodite, from kalli-, combining form of kallos "beauty" + pyge "rump, buttocks." Sir Thomas Browne (1646) refers to "Callipygæ and women largely composed behinde."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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