στεατοπυγία

Greek

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Woman with steatopygia.

Etymology

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Calque of French stéatopygie. From Ancient Greek στέαρ (stéar, hard fat, suet) + the interfix -ο- (-o-) + πῡγ(ή) (pūg(ḗ), buttocks) + the suffix -ία (-ía). First attested in 1896.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ste.a.to.piˈʝi.a/
  • Hyphenation: στε‧α‧το‧πυ‧γί‧α

Noun

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στεατοπυγία (steatopygíaf (plural στεατοπυγίες)

  1. (medicine) steatopygia

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ στεατοπυγία p.926, vol.2 - Koumanoudis, Stefanos Αth. (1900) Συναγωγὴ νέων λέξεων ὑπὸ τῶν λογίων πλασθεισῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀλώσεως μέχρι τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς χρόνων. Sunagōgḕ néōn léxeōn hupò tôn logíōn plastheisôn apò tês Alṓseōs mékhri tôn kath’ hēmâs khrónōn. [A collection of new words created by scholars from the fall of Constantinople until our times.] (In Katharevousa, Greek) Vols:1‑2. Athens: P. Dh. Sakellariou. @anemi, abbreviations (V).

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