Saturday, February 27, 2016

Bathykolpian

Etymology
 
Derived from Ancient Greek words βαθύς ‎(bathús, deep) and κόλπος ‎(kólpos, bosom).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: băth-i-kol-pē-en

Adjective

bathykolpian ‎(comparative more bathykolpian, superlative most bathykolpian)
  1. deep-bosomed.
  2. big-breasted.
    "The bathykolpian Heré ... sent down Iris" - Oliver Wendell Holmes, "Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table" (1858)

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