Callipygian
/ˌkælɪˈpɪdʒiən/noun
Having well-shaped or beautiful buttocks.
Did you know?The Greek Aphrodite Kallipygos, meaning “Aphrodite of the Beautiful Buttocks,” was honored in antiquity through a celebrated statue and possibly a cult at Syracuse.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
kallipygos
“Beautiful-buttocked; an epithet associated with Aphrodite”
Ancient Greek
Greek
kallos
“Beauty”
Ancient Greek
Greek
pygē
“Buttocks”
17th Century
Latin
callipygus
“Having beautiful buttocks; formed from Greek roots”
19th Century
English
callipygian
“Having well-shaped or beautiful buttocks”
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