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‖ steatopyga Phys.|ˌstiːətəʊˈpaɪgə|
[mod.L., f. Gr. στεατ-, στέαρ fat, tallow + πῡγή rump, buttocks.]
A protuberance of the buttocks, due to an abnormal accumulation of fat in and behind the hips and thighs, found (more markedly in women than in men) as a racial characteristic of certain peoples, esp. the Hottentots and Bushmen of South Africa.
1822W. J. Burchell Trav. S. Afr. I. xi. 216 note, It is not a fact, that the whole of the Hottentot race are thus formed; neither is there any particular tribe to which this steätopyga, as it may be called, is peculiar. 1873E. E. Frewer tr. Schweinfurth's Heart of Africa I. vii. 296 Shapes developed to this magnitude..I saw..among the Bongo, and they may well demand to be technically described as ‘Steatopyga’.
So ‖ steatopygia |-ˈpɪdʒɪə|, anglicized steatopygy |stiːəˈtɒpɪdʒɪ|, the condition of having a steatopyga; also transf. in Archæol. with reference to figurines that display steatopyga; also steatoˈpygial a., steatoˈpygism (both rare); steatopygous |stiːəˈtɒpɪgəs, stiːətəʊˈpaɪgəs|, a., pertaining to or characterized by a steatopyga; ˌsteatoˈpygic a. = prec.
1871Darwin Desc. Man II. xix. 345 With many Hottentot women the posterior part of the body projects in a wonderful manner; they are steatopygous. 1879tr. De Quatrefages' Hum. Species 52 This steatopygia reappears however in certain tribes situated much further north than the Houzouana races. 1889Athenæum 13 Apr. 475/3 Dr. Topinard has been considering the probable cause of the steatopygy of Hottentot women. 1900Deniker Races of Man ii. (ed. 2) 93 Steatopygia is characteristic of the Bushman race. 1900Jrnl. Anthrol. Inst. XXX. 253 In..the figure from Adalia..the steatopygia is by no means so pronounced, and is further concealed by the rudeness of the workmanship,..and the abbreviated treatment of the lower limbs. 1901W. Ridgeway Early Age of Greece I. i. 66 In the graves females figurines have been found, some steatopygous, one of the slighter type and tattooed. 1910M. C. Harrison tr. Mosso's Dawn of Mediterranean Civilization ix. 150 (caption) Neolithic steatopygic figure, Knossos. 191219th Cent. Dec. 1219 Hideous autochthonoi of the Upper Nile, whose mis-shapen, steatopygic nudity amazed Old Egypt. 1912Wace & Thompson Prehist. Thessaly xii. 225 The..statuettes reported to have been found at Sparta..are clearly of the mainland..type. The legs are short and stumpy, the heads are round, and the steatopygy is most marked. 1923A. Huxley Antic Hay ii. 24 Gumbril's Patent Small-Clothes... A comfort to all travellers, civilization's substitute for steatopygism, indispensable to first-nighters. 1932J. G. D. Clark Mesolithic Age in Brit. iii. 48 Resting on the living rock was found a curious object of shale, thought by the Abbé Breuil to partake of the nature of a phallus or a degenerate steatopygic figurine. 1966J. Mellaart Chalcolithic & Early Bronze Ages in Near East & Anatolia ii. 28 The figurines, both male and female.., show naked or near⁓naked persons with hands at the waist... The women are slender with small breasts, and exaggerated stomach, enormous navel and a strongly marked pubic triangle, but no steatopygy. 1971Ann. Brit. School at Athens LXI. 66 This figurine..is almost flat, and it is significant that..about half of those from Crete are steatopygous only when viewed from front or rear; from the side they are seen to be almost flat. 1973F. Garvie tr. Buchholz's Prehistoric Greece & Cyprus 99/2 Thera. Crudely formed, ill⁓proportioned female clay statuette, with steatopygia, moulded breasts and disc eyes. 1978J. Updike Coup (1979) v. 182 The steatopygial silhouettes of naked mortals. |