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leptosomatic en · ADJ

Etymology

From lepto- + somatic.

Meanings

  1. Having a tall, thin body.
    • It's possibly odd that the leptosomatic Mario I., so damaged he can't even grip a stick, much less flail at a moving ball with one, is the one kid at E.T.A. whose company Schtitt seeks out […] 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 79:

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most leptosomatic Degree=Sup lexicographic
more leptosomatic Degree=Cmp lexicographic

leptosomatic en · NOUN

Etymology

From lepto- + somatic.

Meanings

  1. A person having this body type; a leptosome.

Forms

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leptosomatics Number=Plur lexicographic