English
Etymology
NL. < Gk. ��εα�ο- (denoting fatty tissue < ��εα� �fat, tallow, suet�) + ��γη �rump�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/stɪ�'t�pɪg�s/
Adjective
en-adj
- Pertaining to steatopygia; having fat or prominent buttocks.
#:*1963: Perhaps, he now felt, if this body he held could become � just for twenty or thirty seconds � one of those harem dreams of his, pampered, pouting, perfumed, steatopygous, he could, he was sure, achieve what it was a plain duty, apart from all questions of gratification, to achieve. � Anthony Burgess, Inside Mr. Enderby
vi:steatopygous
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