curvaceous
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curvaceous (kɜːˈveɪʃəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| informal (esp of a woman) having shapely curves or a well-rounded body | |
| cur'vaceously | |
| —adv | |
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Curvaceous
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Word Origin & History
curvaceous
1936, U.S. colloquial, from curve + facetious use of Mod.L. botanical suffix meaning "of a certain kind." First recorded reference is to Mae West.
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Example sentences
Each seat is outfitted with electrical outlets, grab bars, coat hooks and curvaceous luggage racks.
Eat more food than you can use, and your body will stockpile the surplus in all sorts of curvaceous and unsightly ways.
Those curvaceous side pods are flax fiber and resin from recycled plastic bottles.
The architecture celebrates nature's curvaceous lines.
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