callipygous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   rare: having shapely or attractively proportioned buttocks

   The sculptor emphasized the figure's callipygous silhouette.

Formed from Greek kallos, 'beauty,' + pyge, 'buttocks,' + English -ous. It is a less common variant of callipygian and is associated especially with descriptions of classical sculpture, including the statue known as the Venus Callipyge.

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