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kallipygian

kallipygian is the alternative spelling 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.

Forms of kallipygian

comparativemore kallipygian
superlativemost kallipygian

Questions about kallipygian

What is kallipygian the alternative spelling of?
Kallipygian is the alternative spelling of callipygian.

Words near kallipygian in the dictionary

  1. Kallinus
  2. Kalliope
  3. Kalliopi
  4. Kallipolis
  5. kallipyg
  6. kallipygian
  7. kallipygs
  8. Kallista
  9. kallistatin
  10. Kallithea
  11. kallitype

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