bathykolpian

English

Alternative forms

• bathukolpian
• bathycolpian

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek words βαθύς (bathús, “deep”) and κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom”), therefore βαθύκολπος.

Pronunciation

• enPR: băth-i-kol-pē-en

Adjective

bathykolpian (comparative more bathykolpian, superlative most bathykolpian)

1. Deep-bosomed: big-breasted.

   Synonyms: bathukolpic, callimastian

   • 1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table:

     The bathykolpian Heré […] sent down Iris.