leptosomatic

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English

Etymology

From lepto- +‎ somatic.

Adjective

leptosomatic (comparative more leptosomatic, superlative most leptosomatic)

  1. Having a tall, thin body.
    • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest , Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 79:
      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 []

Noun

leptosomatic (plural leptosomatics)

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

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