callipygous
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A classical marble statue stands in a museum gallery, admired for its callipygous form.
Definition
- Adjective:
- Having beautifully shaped or well-developed buttocks: The word "callipygous" describes someone, typically a person, who possesses aesthetically pleasing, finely formed buttocks. It is a formal, often literary term derived from Greek roots meaning "beautiful buttocks."
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
Advanced Usage
- The term is almost exclusively used in descriptive, artistic, or anatomical contexts, and is rarely found in everyday conversation. It carries a connotation of artistic or physical idealization.
- "callipygian ideal": A concept referring to the aesthetic standard of beautiful buttocks, often referenced in art history or discussions of classical beauty.
Variants and Related Words
- Callipygian (adj): A direct synonym with identical meaning and usage.
Synonyms
- Shapely: Having an attractive shape (general term, not specific to buttocks).
- Well-proportioned: Having parts that relate in size in a pleasing way.
Antonyms
- Steatopygous: Having a pronounced accumulation of fat on the buttocks (a more clinical/anthropological term).
A classical marble statue stands in a museum gallery, admired for its callipygous form.
Adjective
- pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks
- the quest for the callipygian ideal