leptosome

English

Etymology

lepto- (“thin”) +‎ -some (“body”).

Adjective

leptosome (comparative more leptosome, superlative most leptosome)

1. Narrow-bodied (in proportional to height or length).
   • 1948, Alfred Louis Kroeber, Anthropology: race, language, culture, psychology, pre-history,, pages 173–174:

     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.”

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:scrawny
• slender

Antonyms

• eurysome

Coordinate terms

• mesosome

Noun

leptosome (plural leptosomes)

1. A tall, narrow-bodied, angular person.

   Coordinate term: pyknic