callipygian
pronunciation
How to pronounce callipygian in British English: UK
How to pronounce callipygian in American English: US
Word Origin
- callipygian (adj.)
- "of, pertaining to, or having beautiful buttocks," 1800, Latinized from Greek kallipygos, name of a statue of Aphrodite at Syracuse, from kalli-, combining form of kallos "beauty" (see Callisto) + pyge "rump, buttocks." Sir Thomas Browne (1646) refers to "Callipygæ and women largely composed behinde."