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单词 callipygian
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Definition of callipygian in English:

callipygian

(also callipygean)
adjective ˌkalɪˈpɪdʒɪənˌkaləˈpijēən
rare
  • Having well-shaped buttocks.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I'm in search of a callipygian woman.
    • As a gentleman and scholar, he must rush to the defense of the brilliant, principled, and callipygian Jill.
    • She likes a designer who understands the beauty of the callipygian woman and isn't afraid to accentuate my most important asset.
    • The last thing I saw before I rolled the bike was the machine-gunner at Hyde Park Corner - a callipygian figure dominating the war memorial on the traffic island.
    • The pictures appeared as the result of her discovery by a sharp-eyed prison surgeon in Brixton Jail, where the callipygian captain was temporarily detained a fortnight ago on a charge of bankruptcy.

Derivatives

  • callipygous

  • adjective ˌkalɪˈpʌɪdʒəsˌkalɪˈpɪdʒəs
    rare
    • However, it turns out he was simply callipygous.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Greek kallipūgos (used to describe a famous statue of Venus), from kallos 'beauty' + pūgē 'buttocks', + -ian.

Rhymes

Cantabrigian, Phrygian, Stygian
 
 

Definition of callipygian in US English:

callipygian

(also callipygean)
adjectiveˌkaləˈpijēən
rare
  • Having well-shaped buttocks.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I'm in search of a callipygian woman.
    • As a gentleman and scholar, he must rush to the defense of the brilliant, principled, and callipygian Jill.
    • She likes a designer who understands the beauty of the callipygian woman and isn't afraid to accentuate my most important asset.
    • The last thing I saw before I rolled the bike was the machine-gunner at Hyde Park Corner - a callipygian figure dominating the war memorial on the traffic island.
    • The pictures appeared as the result of her discovery by a sharp-eyed prison surgeon in Brixton Jail, where the callipygian captain was temporarily detained a fortnight ago on a charge of bankruptcy.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Greek kallipūgos (used to describe a famous statue of Venus), from kallos ‘beauty’ + pūgē ‘buttocks’, + -ian.

 
 
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