单词 | leptosome |
释义 | > as lemmasˈleptosome ˈleptosome n. (a person with) a leptosomic physique; also as adj., = leptosomic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and thinness > person lungis1572 gangrel1582 slangrel1592 maypole1600 slangam1611 mackerel-back1674 spider-catcher1699 gilly-gaupus?1719 tangle1778 beanpole1798 windlestraw1818 lankyc1863 narrowback1921 leptosome1931 string-bean1936 streak1941 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Dec. 1004/2 The two main classes of white man, which he calls ‘linear’ and ‘lateral’ (corresponding to the ‘pyknic’ and ‘leptosome’..of other anthropologists). 1935 Nature 9 Feb. 236/1 Of Kretschmer's three types, the leptosome corresponds to the Nordic, the athletic to the Dinaric and the pycnic to the Mediterranean and the Alpine. 1960 J. Comas Man. Physical Anthropol. vi. 341 According to the Italian biotypologists, the average or normal type is located between the leptosomes (slender type) and the pyknics (broad type). 1971 J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxxix. 573 Kretschmer tried to force everyone into one of three classes, pyknic (round and fat), leptosome (long and thin), and athletic (broad and strong). 1971 J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxxix. 576 Leptosomes were introverted. < as lemmas |
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