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cal·li·pyg·i·an    Audio Help   [kal-uh-pij-ee-uhn] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
having well-shaped buttocks.
Also, cal·li·py·gous    Audio Help   [kal-uh-pahy-guhs] Pronunciation Key.


[Origin: 1640–50; < Gk kallipýg(os) with beautiful buttocks; referring to a statue of Aphrodite (kalli- calli- + pyg() rump + -os adj. suffix) + -ian]
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cal·li·pyg·i·an    Audio Help   (kāl'ə-pĭj'ē-ən)  Pronunciation Key 
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."

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callipygian

adjective
pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks; "the quest for the callipygian ideal" 

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