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[andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk]

Joe Varo writes:

> 1) steatopygous - fat-assed

> Both culled from _Lempriere's_Dictionary_ (though not 100% sure if I'm
> recalling correctly the spelling of #1)

Yeah, that's it. I recall Pynchon uses the related word callipygous
(as in `callipygous rondure') when describing that wicked Whappo and
his even more wicked buttocks (something about dusky skin tones and
Nordic blah blah).

And, if I might make a suggestion: it's quite a good idea to read
Lempriere's `Dictionary' when you read `Lempriere's Dictionary', if
you get my drift. Quite enjoyed it. Still have nto completed the
Pope's Rhino yet, though (it's edging back up to the top of the
to-be-read pile along with `Infinite Jest' - just have to clear
Mailer's riveting anything-you-can-do-Truman-esque `The Executioner's
Song' and Coetzee's `Waiting for the Barbarians').


Andrew Dinn
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To the stilled Earth say:  I flow.
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