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calipygian

calipygian is the misspelling of callipygian.

Meaning of callipygian

Adjective

callipygian (comparative more callipygian, superlative most callipygian)

  1. Having beautifully shaped buttocks.
    • […]we soon once more were in a state to renew our delicious combat; and a second course was run in the delightful callipygian recesses of Venus’s second temple of lubricity.1873, anonymous author, The Romance of Lust, volume 1
  2. Specifically, describing a statue (often of a goddess such as Aphrodite) in a pose that shows off the figure's shapely buttocks.

Questions about calipygian

What is calipygian the misspelling of?
Calipygian is the misspelling of callipygian.

Words near calipygian in the dictionary

  1. caliphs
  2. caliphship
  3. caliphyllid
  4. caliphyllids
  5. Calippic
  6. calipygian
  7. calisaya
  8. calisayas
  9. Calisch
  10. Calise
  11. Calises

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