Leptosome

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tall, narrow-bodied, angular person.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Narrow-bodied (in proportional to height or length).

    "The majority of such typings are bipolar, and they amount in the last analysis to saying that there are broader-bodied and narrower-bodied individuals in every group. To put this simple and in itself harmless finding learnedly, we substitute the terms “eurysome” and “leptosome.”"

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"The majority of such typings are bipolar, and they amount in the last analysis to saying that there are broader-bodied and narrower-bodied individuals in every group. To put this simple and in itself harmless finding learnedly, we substitute the terms “eurysome” and “leptosome.”"

Etymology

From lepto- (“thin”) + -some (“body”).

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