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steatopygous

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌstɪ.əˈtɒ.pɪ.ɡəs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌstɪ.ə.tə(ʊ)ˈpaɪ.ɡəs/
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  • General-American: /ˌstɪ.əˈtɑ.pɪ.ɡəs/
  • General-American: /ˌstɪ.ə.to(ʊ)ˈpaɪ.ɡəs/

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adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to steatopygia; having fat or prominent buttocks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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”).

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: rasvapakarainen — having fat or prominent buttocks
  • French: stéatopyge — having fat or prominent buttocks
  • Greek: στεατόπυγος (steatópygos) — having fat or prominent buttocks
  • Italian: steatopigo — having fat or prominent buttocks
  • Italian: steatopiga — having fat or prominent buttocks
  • Macedonian: газлест (gazlest) — having fat or prominent buttocks
  • Polish: steatopygia — having fat or prominent buttocks