callipygianadj.

Brit.

/ˌkalᵻˈpɪdʒɪən/, U.S.

/ˌkæləˈpɪdʒiən/

Forms: 1800s calipygean, 1800s– callipygian.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek καλλίπυγος , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek καλλίπυγος having beautiful buttocks, an epithet of Aphrodite ( < ancient Greek καλλι- , combining form of κάλλος beauty (see callisthenic adj.) + πυγή buttocks: see pygo- comb. form) + -ian suffix.Compare French callipygien (1826 or earlier). Compare the following earlier attestations of the plural noun callipygae ( < post-classical Latin callipygae , feminine plural (1556 or earlier)):1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον vi. 297 From which time, euer after, the two young marryed wiues were called Callipygae.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. vi. 195 Callipygæ and women largely composed behinde.With the form calipygean compare -ean suffix. N.E.D. (1888) indicates that the phrase ‘Callipygian Venus’ was in use before 1800, but evidence is lacking.

Designating a person who has well-shaped or finely developed buttocks; of or relating to such a person. Also: of or relating to the buttocks.Frequently an epithet for a particular sculptural representation of Venus (see e.g. quot. 1831).

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > buttock(s) > [adjective] > types of

pin-buttocked1566

strong-dockeda1652

swag-buttockeda1652

callipygian1818

pin-tailed1825

fat-arsed1891

callipygous1923

rumpsprung1939

steatopygial1978

1818 J. C. Hobhouse Hist. Illustr. 4th Canto Childe Harold 104 The Toro, the Hercules, the Flora, the Callipygian Venus, were all found in the baths of Caracalla, of which most probably they had been the ornaments.

1831 A. Bigelow Trav. Malta & Sicily x. 293 The three famous Venuses,—the Calipygean, Capitoline and Medician,—at Naples, Rome and Florence.

1834 A. Sedgwick Four Lett. to Editors Leeds Mercury (1836) iv. 48 Had Mr B. ever carried up to his Etonian master three such blunders, his Callipygian surface would have been ruffled by a well-merited flagellation.

1885 Athenæum 17 Oct. 497 The Callipygian luxuriance he so deplores.

1912 F. Douglas tr. V. B. Ibáñez Sónnica iii. 131 The instant their callipygian charms grazed the mosaic, they recoiled like suddenly awakened serpents.

1989 Hippocrates Nov. 26/3 Rossi says high heels do more than make a girl callipygian—a technical term for ‘having lovely buttocks’.

2011 New Yorker 28 Mar. 60/3 The famously callipygian television personality Kim Kardashian makes frequent requests for free Spanx.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	callipygian
释义	callipygianadj. Brit. /ˌkalᵻˈpɪdʒɪən/, U.S. /ˌkæləˈpɪdʒiən/ Forms: 1800s calipygean, 1800s– callipygian. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek καλλίπυγος , -ian suffix. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek καλλίπυγος having beautiful buttocks, an epithet of Aphrodite ( < ancient Greek καλλι- , combining form of κάλλος beauty (see callisthenic adj.) + πυγή buttocks: see pygo- comb. form) + -ian suffix.Compare French callipygien (1826 or earlier). Compare the following earlier attestations of the plural noun callipygae ( < post-classical Latin callipygae , feminine plural (1556 or earlier)):1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον vi. 297 From which time, euer after, the two young marryed wiues were called Callipygae.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. vi. 195 Callipygæ and women largely composed behinde.With the form calipygean compare -ean suffix. N.E.D. (1888) indicates that the phrase ‘Callipygian Venus’ was in use before 1800, but evidence is lacking. Designating a person who has well-shaped or finely developed buttocks; of or relating to such a person. Also: of or relating to the buttocks.Frequently an epithet for a particular sculptural representation of Venus (see e.g. quot. 1831). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > buttock(s) > [adjective] > types of pin-buttocked1566 strong-dockeda1652 swag-buttockeda1652 callipygian1818 pin-tailed1825 fat-arsed1891 callipygous1923 rumpsprung1939 steatopygial1978 1818 J. C. Hobhouse Hist. Illustr. 4th Canto Childe Harold 104 The Toro, the Hercules, the Flora, the Callipygian Venus, were all found in the baths of Caracalla, of which most probably they had been the ornaments. 1831 A. Bigelow Trav. Malta & Sicily x. 293 The three famous Venuses,—the Calipygean, Capitoline and Medician,—at Naples, Rome and Florence. 1834 A. Sedgwick Four Lett. to Editors Leeds Mercury (1836) iv. 48 Had Mr B. ever carried up to his Etonian master three such blunders, his Callipygian surface would have been ruffled by a well-merited flagellation. 1885 Athenæum 17 Oct. 497 The Callipygian luxuriance he so deplores. 1912 F. Douglas tr. V. B. Ibáñez Sónnica iii. 131 The instant their callipygian charms grazed the mosaic, they recoiled like suddenly awakened serpents. 1989 Hippocrates Nov. 26/3 Rossi says high heels do more than make a girl callipygian—a technical term for ‘having lovely buttocks’. 2011 New Yorker 28 Mar. 60/3 The famously callipygian television personality Kim Kardashian makes frequent requests for free Spanx. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1818
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