1. Having well-shaped or attractive buttocks.
Usage: formal or literary; from Greek kallos (beauty) + pyge (buttocks)

Examples

• The sculptor admired the callipygous proportions of the classical statue.
• Ancient Greek artists often depicted callipygous figures in their artwork.
• The term callipygous appears frequently in art historical discussions of idealized human form.
• Museum curators noted the callipygous characteristics celebrated in Renaissance paintings.