callipygian
Meaning of callipygian
adjective
having well-shaped buttocks.
late 18th century: from Greek kallipūgos (used to describe a famous statue of Venus), from kallos ‘beauty’ + pūgē ‘buttocks’, + -ian.
Information about callipygian
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of callipygian
cal-lipy-gian
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- callipygian is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
callipygian synonyms
Meaning callipygous:
Translation of callipygian
- French: callipyge
- Portuguese: calipígeo
- German: kallipygisch
- Spanish: calipigio
- Italian: calipigio, callipige
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