Callipygian
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌkæ.ləˈpɪ.d͡ʒi.ən/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Callipygian is an adjective meaning Having beautifully shaped buttocks.
Meaning
Having beautifully shaped buttocks.
More Meanings
- Specifically, describing a statue (often of a goddess such as Aphrodite) in a pose that shows off the figure's shapely buttocks.
Example Sentences
[T-Rex:] My lovely visage, callipygian frame, startlingly awesome calves and charming smile will yet go down in history!
[…]we soon once more were in a state to renew our delicious combat; and a second course was run in the delightful callipygian recesses of Venus’s second temple of lubricity.
Her gown (perhaps as a result of the scorching winds coming off the ambas) clung damply to her body, clearly revealing her callipygian curves and the entire shapely length of her legs.
With trepidation, but not embarrassment, I offer the thought that Mrs. Obama, a formerly disadvantaged alumna of Princeton and Harvard, to judge from her well-strategized appearances on national television in exiguous dresses and trousers, is as callipygian as Jennifer Lopez.
Synonyms for callipygian
Depending on context, synonyms include bootylicious, bumtastic, callipygous, rumpalicious, thicc, asstastic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include calipygian, curvy, curvesome, coccygian, curvicostate, cotyloid.
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