i am getting caught up on my word of the day emails :)

this was an especially good one from july, 10th:
A.Word.A.Daywith Anu Garg

callipygian
PRONUNCIATION:(kal-uh-PIJ-ee-uhn)

MEANING:adjective: Having well-shaped buttocks.

ETYMOLOGY:From Greek calli- (beautiful) + pyge (buttocks).

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)