a. [f. Gr. καλλίπῡγος, adj. f. καλλι- comb. stem of κάλλος beauty + πῡγή buttocks: the name of a famous statue of Venus.] Of, pertaining to, or having well-shaped or finely developed buttocks.
[1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., IV. vi. 195. Callipygæ and women largely composed behinde.]
a. 1800. The Callipygian Venus.
1885. Athenæum, 17 Oct., 497. The Callipygian luxuriance he so deplores.
