bootylicious

English

Alternative forms

• bootilicious

Etymology

From booty +‎ -licious.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃəs

Adjective

bootylicious (comparative more bootylicious, superlative most bootylicious)

1. (slang) Having attractive buttocks.
   • 2001, “Bootylicious”, in Survivor, performed by Destiny's Child:

     I don't think you ready for this jelly / I don't think you ready for this / 'Cause my body too bootylicious for ya, babe

   • 2003, Dale Alderman, Being a Dad, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 104:

     Is it OK for a chunky, 40-something white guy to feel bootylicious? Oh, how I hope it's acceptable, because if feeling bootylicious is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

   • 2004, Jon Jeffrey, Boyfriend Material, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 93:

     He lingered for a few minutes, vacantly watching a bootylicious black girl bump and grind to Pink’s catchy smash, “Get the Party Started.”

   • 2005, Glenn Beck, The Real America‎^[1], Pocket Books, →ISBN:

     It’s your daughter with a tank top that says porn star, hot pants that say bootylicious and, of course, underneath ... the kiddie thong.

2. (slang, nonce word) Bad; weak.
   • 1992, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg (lyrics and music), “Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')”, in The Chronic:

     Your bark was loud, but your bite wasn't vicious / And them rhymes you were kickin' were quite bootylicious

3. (slang) Having a large booty (buttocks).

Synonyms

• bumtastic, callipygian, callipygous, rumpalicious

Translations

callipygous

• Greek:

  Ancient: καλλίπυγος (kallípugos)