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callipygous

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cal⋅li⋅pyg⋅i⋅an

  [kal-uh-pij-ee-uhn]
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–adjective
having well-shaped buttocks.
Also, cal⋅li⋅py⋅gous  [kal-uh-pahy-guhs] .

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   (kāl'ə-pĭj'ē-ən)   
adj.  Having beautifully proportioned buttocks.

[From Greek kallipugos : kalli-, beautiful (from kallos, beauty) + pugē, buttocks.]
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Word Origin & History

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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