What (who) is callipyge - definition
callipyge
An actual medical term meaning having an attractive backside.
A polite way of telling someone they have same.
adj.
callipygous. Cf. steatopygous.
Some believe J Lo may have the most profound case of callipyge ever recorded.
A polite way of telling someone they have same.
adj.
callipygous. Cf. steatopygous.
Some believe J Lo may have the most profound case of callipyge ever recorded.
callipygian
.jpg?width=200 "Callipygian Venus (Naples)")
![''Venus Callipyge'' by [[François Barois]], 1683–1686 ([[Musée du Louvre]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Callipygian Venus Barois Louvre MR1999.jpg?width=200 "''Venus Callipyge'' by [[François Barois]], 1683–1686 ([[Musée du Louvre]])")
TYPE OF ANTIQUE VENUS
Callipygian; Callipygian Venus; Aphrodite Kallipygos; Kallipygian Venus; Venus callipyga; Kallipygos; Venus Kallipygos; Venus callipyge
[?kal?'p?d???n]
(also callipygean)
¦ adjective rare having well-shaped buttocks.
Derivatives
callipygous ?kal?'p?d??s adjective
Origin
C18: from Gk kallipu?gos, from kallos 'beauty' + pu?ge 'buttocks', + -ian.
