"steatopygous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌstɪ.əˈtɒ.pɪ.ɡəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌstɪ.ə.tə(ʊ)ˈpaɪ.ɡəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌstɪ.əˈtɑ.pɪ.ɡəs/ [General-American], /ˌstɪ.ə.to(ʊ)ˈpaɪ.ɡəs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-steatopygous.wav Forms: more steatopygous [comparative], most steatopygous [superlative]
Etymology: From steatopyga, steatopygia + -ous. Steatopyga is borrowed from New Latin steatopyga, from Ancient Greek στέᾱτος (stéātos) (genitive singular of στέαρ (stéar, “hard fat, suet, tallow”)) + πῡγή (pūgḗ, “buttocks, rump”). Etymology templates: {{refn|From <span class="cited-source">[Louis-Joseph] A[lcide] Railliet (<span class="None" lang="und">1895) <cite>Traité de zoologie médicale et agricole</cite> [<cite>Treatise of Medical and Agricultural Zoology</cite>], Paris: Asselin et Houzeau, <small>→OCLC</small>, page 1244</span></span>.|group=n|name=n1}}, {{root|en|ine-pro|*steh₂-}}, {{suffix|en|steatopygia|ous}} steatopygia + -ous, {{bor|en|NL.|steatopyga}} New Latin steatopyga, {{der|en|grc|στέᾱτος}} Ancient Greek στέᾱτος (stéātos), {{glossary|genitive}} genitive, {{glossary|singular}} singular Head templates: {{en-adj}} steatopygous (comparative more steatopygous, superlative most steatopygous)
  1. (physiology) Pertaining to steatopygia; having fat or prominent buttocks. Categories (topical): Buttocks, Physiology Synonyms: big-buttocked, bootylicious [colloquial], fat-buttocked, large-buttocked, steatopygial, steatopygic Related terms: steatopyga, steatopygia, steatopygial, steatopygian, steatopygic, steatopygism [rare], steatopygy, callipygian, callipygous, fat-ass Translations (having fat or prominent buttocks): rasvapakarainen (Finnish), stéatopyge (French), στεατόπυγος (steatópygos) (Greek), steatopigo [masculine] (Italian), steatopiga [feminine] (Italian), газлест (gazlest) (Macedonian), steatopygia [feminine] (Polish)
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      "sense": "having fat or prominent buttocks",
      "word": "газлест"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having fat or prominent buttocks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "steatopygia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "steatopygous"
}

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