Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks.
Wiktionary
- n. an excessive accumulation of fat on the buttocks
WordNet 3.0
- n. an extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks
Etymologies
- steato- + Greek pugē, rump + -ia1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Chip Ahoy: if you were inclined to check another word, try 'steatopygia'.”
“The women have such pronounced "steatopygia" that a mother who needs to carry her toddler on her back will have the child throw his arms around her neck and stand on her remarkably protuberant, gravity-defying buttocks.”
“Rear seats are cramped, boot space is compromised and the bulging rear end gives them a bad case of steatopygia eh?”
“These focused on her physical characteristics, including her pronounced steatopygia (an accumulation of fat on the buttocks).”
“This barely noticeable backward thrust of the legs also enhances the impression of protruding buttocks, the technical term for which is steatopygia, defined as an excessive accumulation of fat on the buttocks.”
“It is certainly not an accidental coincidence that it is precisely among people of black race that we find a simulation of the large pelvis of the higher races admired and cultivated in the form of steatopygia.”
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man
“True steatopygia only exists among Bushman and Hottentot women, and among the peoples who are by blood connected with them.”
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man
“The spine is in Spain very curved, producing what is termed _ensellure_, or saddle-back -- a characteristic which gives great flexibility to the back and prominence to the gluteal regions, sometimes slightly simulating steatopygia.”
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man
“Michele needs to worry more about her steatopygia and hope both her kids didn't inherit it!”
“A woman with noticeable steatopygia may be specially greeted in the middle of the morning or in the night with "Oh good AFTERnoon!”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘steatopygia’.
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buttocks
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