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This week's theme Words made using combining forms. This week's words orthography coprolite iatrogenic misoneism callipygian Today's word in Visual Thesaurus Next week's theme Words related to royalty May I make a link? Yes. You don't need anyone's permission to make a link to a site. Linking is what makes the Web work... more Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg callipygian PRONUNCIATION: (kal-uh-PIJ-ee-uhn) MEANING: adjective: Having well-shaped buttocks. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek calli- (beautiful) + pyge (buttocks). Two related words are dasypygal and steatopygia. USAGE: "And it hasn't been lost on modern film directors that a nice set of tights can showcase the callipygian assets of a well-formed leading man." Heroes in Hosiery; South China Morning Post (Hong Kong); Jul 20, 2006. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: To read fast is as bad as to eat in a hurry. -Vilhelm Ekelund, poet (1880-1949)

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