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ectomorph

[ ek-tuh-mawrf ]

noun

  1. a person of the ectomorphic type.


ectomorph

/ ˈɛəʊˌɔː /

noun

  1. a person with a thin body build: said to be correlated with cerebrotonia Compare endomorph mesomorph
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𳦳ٴˌǰ, noun
  • ˌ𳦳ٴˈǰ󾱳, adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ectomorph1

First recorded in 1935–40; ecto- + -morph
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Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, breasts evolved and shifted in sizing, even among tweens and ectomorphs.

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My whole life I floated by being able to be an ectomorph who is lean and in shape and never had to work out and stay ripped.

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The Australian ectomorph, who calls the author “a national treasure,” says she and Moriarty — both 54 — have “become incredibly close, as much through life’s events and our families as through her writing.”

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Now, to be clear, this is not an obituary for those gorgeous natural ectomorphs who continue to move among us, who torment hoi polloi with their slim figures, poreless skin and Dorian Gray agelessness.

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Then the hardcore bands from Southern California came up, and it felt like the ectomorphs were overtaken by the mesomorphs, all these thick-neck, Henry Rollins jocks.

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