callipygian

Thân thiện

A classical sculpture in a museum gallery displays a callipygian figure.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having well-shaped or beautifully developed buttocks: "Callipygian" describes someone, typically a woman, who possesses aesthetically pleasing, finely formed, or ideally proportioned buttocks.

Usage

• The term is a formal, often literary or humorous adjective used to compliment physical form, specifically the buttocks. It is derived from classical art and aesthetics.
• It is most commonly used in descriptive writing, art criticism, or in a playful, erudite manner.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• "the callipygian ideal": A reference to a standard or archetype of beauty centered on well-formed buttocks, often traced back to classical statues like the Venus Callipyge.
  • The artist's work explored the callipygian ideal throughout different cultures.

Variants and Related Words

• Callipygous (adj): A less common variant with the same meaning.
  • The adjective 'callipygous' is a synonym for 'callipygian'.

Synonyms

• Shapely: Having an attractive, well-proportioned form.
• Curvaceous: (Especially of a woman) having a shapely figure with pronounced curves.

Notes

• The word originates from the Greek , meaning "having beautiful buttocks" ( = beauty + = buttocks).
• It is a highly specific and relatively rare term in modern English.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks
   • the quest for the callipygian ideal

Từ đồng nghĩa

• callipygous