Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. alternative spelling of callipygian.
Examples
“Tall she was, and well rounded, a delight both callimastian and callipygean.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘callipygean’.
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#faveword
Words chosen as favorites for the Twitter hashtag #faveword.
autumnal, grotto, chiaroscuro, sfumato, homunculus, zing, zest, effervescent, bewitch, avuncular, susurrus, Styrofoam and 205 more...
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calli-, cal-
good, beautiful
callipygean, calisthenics, calligraphy, callimastian, callisteia, calliandra, Callicrates, callidity, Callimachus, calliope, callitriche, callisaurus and 10 more...
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kalidas's Words
crepuscular, mellifluous, ephemeral, diaphanous, zeitgeist, geisterfahrer, infinite, eternal, idyllic, azure, reminiscent, oblivion and 521 more...
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hedges's Words
wii, crepuscule, adumbrate, concatenation, sufi, qawwali, furry, riot, mellifluous, conspiracy, etymology, tea cozy and 369 more...
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logophile
viresce, infinitum, transient, nonpareil, anon, therianthropy, lycomania, halcyon, unblinkered, seraphim, nephilim, moros and 160 more...
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Virusea's list
Words that tease and dance upon the tongue
syzygy, ostrobogulous, tatterdemalion, wabbit, spanghew, antinomian, cynanthropy, callipygean, ultracrepidarian, catachresis, apocope, hyunsook and 12 more...
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Good words?
concupiscent, cayenne, interferometry, entschuldigueng, cacophony, schmuck, callipygean, brouhaha, cunnilinguate, schmutzig, mandelbrot
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Scheldahl Schools Us All
Words used by Peter Scheldahl in the New Yorker that I had to look up. And, apparently, random other words that I just enjoy. (No that is not a sentence.) Note: Now adding DFW words too.
lucubration, defenestrate, lugubrious, inkling, museology, vestibule, koan, callipygean, enfilade
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My Words
perjorist, frisson, gallinaceous, bombilate, brontide, callipygean, floccinaucinihili..., scacchic, kipper
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driko's Words
Tweets
Looking for tweets for callipygean.
jocle If this you do not know, I have contempt for what you do know.
It means 'having beautiful buttocks' -- perhaps you don't! Apr 3, 2009
Phyllostachys see http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=callipygean Mar 29, 2009
kewpid Yep. You can spell it this way. Nov 13, 2008
shevek What about callipaegean? Nov 13, 2008
Prolagus Are you sure, kewpid? Nov 13, 2008
kewpid Eh, both callipygian/callipygean are accepted spellings. Oct 6, 2007
reesetee Good one! But I meant misplaced ass. :-) Oct 5, 2007
chained_bear Oh yeah? Who says so? Oct 5, 2007
reesetee Glad to hear it. Nothing worse than a misplaced ass.
Chained_bear, I don't think that one would make it on your list. ;-)
Oct 5, 2007
burntsox ok. now that's funny.
I've put it back where it belongs now - in essence, I've gotten my ass back in gear. Oct 5, 2007
reesetee I hope you didn't miss out on any good dictionaries in the meantime. :-) Oct 4, 2007
burntsox well, that's really embarrassing. I guess it's been a while since I looked it up on the dictionary .... :( Oct 4, 2007