bootylicious

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
22
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/ˌbuː.tiˈlɪ.ʃəs/
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/ˌbuː.tiˈlɪ.ʃəs/ · /ˌbu.tiˈlɪ.ʃəs/

Definition of bootylicious

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (slang)Voluptuously attractive, especially of a woman's buttocks.
    “I don't think you're ready for this jelly / I don't think you're ready for this / 'Cause my body too bootylicious for ya, babe”
    “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.”
    “He lingered for a few minutes, vacantly watching a bootylicious black girl bump and grind to Pink’s catchy smash, “Get the Party Started.””
    “It’s your daughter with a tank top that says porn star, hot pants that say bootylicious and, of course, underneath ... the kiddie thong.”
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adj

  1. (slang)Voluptuously attractive, especially of a woman's buttocks.
    “I don't think you're ready for this jelly / I don't think you're ready for this / 'Cause my body too bootylicious for ya, babe”
    “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.”
    “He lingered for a few minutes, vacantly watching a bootylicious black girl bump and grind to Pink’s catchy smash, “Get the Party Started.””
    “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. (nonce-word, slang)Bad; weak.
    “Your bark was loud, but your bite wasn't vicious / And them rhymes you were kickin' were quite bootylicious”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ~ *dʰubʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn Proto-Germanic *butmaz Proto-West Germanic *botm Old English botm Middle English botme English bott(om) Old English -iġ Middle English -y English…

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ~ *dʰubʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn Proto-Germanic *butmaz Proto-West Germanic *botm Old English botm Middle English botme English bott(om) Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English botty? English booty Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-der.? Proto-Italic *lakjō Latin laciō Latin dēliciō Latin dēliciae Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Latin -ōsus Late Latin dēliciōsusbor. Anglo-Norman deliciousbor. Middle English delicious English delicious English -licious English bootylicious From booty + -licious. First attested in the 1990s and popularized by the song "Bootylicious" (2001) by Destiny's Child.

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