ectomorph
English
editEtymology
editDerived from ectoderm + -morph from William Herbert Sheldon. Equivalent to ecto- + -morph.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛktəʊmɔːf/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛktoʊmɔːɹf/, /ˈɛktəmɔːɹf/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
editectomorph (plural ectomorphs)
- Someone with a lean, only slightly muscular body
- 1990, Robert Klitgaard, Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa:
- Also there was a woman I hadn't met, a chain-smoking French ectomorph whose job it was to make sense of records of public spending in the Ministry of Finance.
- (bodybuilding): Theoretical body type in which a person has a high metabolism. Such a person can easily maintain a low fat physique, but does not add muscle or body weight easily.
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editTranslations
editsomeone with a lean body
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