The building blocks of English
Affixes
calli-
Also cali‑.
Beautiful.
Greek kallos, beauty.
Calligraphy (Greek graphein, write) is decorative handwriting or handwritten lettering; callisthenics (US calisthenics) (Greek sthenos, strength) are gymnastic exercises to achieve bodily fitness and grace of movement; a person or statue that is callipygian or callipygean (Greek pūgē, buttocks) has well-shaped buttocks; the callistemon (Greek stēmōn, thread or stamen), the bottlebrush plant, is so named because of its attractive long red or yellow stamens.
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