Callipygian

(adj.) having attractively-shaped buttocks If you’re callipygian, then you have attractively-shaped buttocks. Given a meaning like that, you might be forgiven for thinking this word is a recent invention, concocted just to flesh out (no pun intended) those ever more popular lists of peculiar words that go viral online. But, no, for once this word actually has quite a reliable and interesting heritage behind it (no pun intended). In English, the earliest record of the word callipygian we know abo

Venus Callipygian, Kallipygos, by Unknown artist, 1st Century, marble, full relief. Italy: Campania: Naples: National Archaeological Museum. Detail. Statue naked woman goddess Love Venus Callipygian/Kallipygos legs buttocks - SuperStock

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Image of FINE ART. - Greco-Roman Antiquity Callipygian Venus / Aphrodite Or Venus Kallipygos ('Venus Of The Beautiful Buttocks') Roman Marble Copy Of A Hellenistic Original - 3rd - 1st C. B.C.

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Venus, thought to be more beautiful than any mortal woman, demurely admires her reflection in this sculpture called Callipygian, meaning of the

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