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Paladin

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I found this reference that makes some sense: early 19th century (used to describe a famous statue of Venus): from Greek kallipūgos, from kallos ‘beauty’ + pūgē ‘buttocks’, + -ian.

I can easily see 19th century art fanciers wanting to talk about how much they like butts but sound educated and erudite at the same time. :)
My question is: how many times will callipygian be used in GA stories now?
 
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