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单词 callipygous
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callipygousadj.

Brit. /kalᵻˈpʌɪɡəs/, U.S. /ˌkæləˈpaɪɡəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek καλλίπυγος , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek καλλίπυγος having beautiful buttocks (see callipygian adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier callipygian adj.
Designating a person who has well-shaped or finely developed buttocks; of or relating to such a person; = callipygian adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > buttock(s) > [adjective] > types of
pin-buttocked1566
strong-dockeda1652
swag-buttockeda1652
callipygian1818
pin-tailed1825
fat-arsed1891
callipygous1923
rumpsprung1939
steatopygial1978
1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay iv. 64 One reality..and that is callipygous.
1949 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Dynamite vi. 95 He was unwilling to relinquish his memories of a callipygous Plank.
1967 J. Rathbone Diamonds Bid ii. 22 The callipygous matrons with their shopping.
2014 S. Strub Body Counts xxxv. 374 On the beach at Fire Island Pines, looking up at the camera with mischievous and youthful sexiness, his bare callipygous buttocks visible.

Derivatives

calliˈpygously adv.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > buttock(s) > [adverb] > types of
callipygously1939
1939 A. Huxley After Many a Summer ii. 14 Young ladies stretching, writhing, callipygously stooping to tie their sandals.
1994 J. N. Sansonese Body of Myth xxiv. 280/2 She floats down from a cloud..and hovers callipygously an inch or so off the floor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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