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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."

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Definitions of callipygian from WordNet

callipygian (adj.)
pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks;
the quest for the callipygian ideal
Synonyms: callipygous
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