leptosomeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

lepto- (“thin”) +‎ -some (“body”).

形容詞

leptosome (comparative more leptosome, superlative most leptosome)

1. Narrow-bodied (in proportional to height または length).
   • 1948, Alfred Louis Kroeber, Anthropology: race, language, culture, psychology, pre-history, pp. 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.”

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:scrawny
• slender

反意語

• eurysome

等位語

• mesosome

名詞

leptosome (複数形 leptosomes)

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

   Coordinate term: pyknic