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单词 viscerotonic
释义

viscerotonicadj.n.

Brit. /ˌvɪs(ə)rə(ʊ)ˈtɒnɪk/, U.S. /ˌvɪsərəˈtɑnɪk/
Etymology: < viscero- comb. form + tonic adj.
A. adj.
Designating or characteristic of a type of personality which is comfort-loving, sociable, and easy-going, classified by Sheldon as being associated with an endomorphic physique.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > light-hearted
lightOE
recklessc1400
lightsomea1425
light-hearted1440
free-hearted1549
unsolicitous1668
jaunty1672
carefree1795
light-heart1802
sans-souciant1826
buoyant-minded1833
cheero1915
viscerotonic1937
funsy1958
the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [adjective] > viscerotonic
viscerotonic1937
1937 A. Huxley Ends & Means xi. 165 Dr. William Sheldon, whose classification [of types of human beings] in terms of somatotonic, viscerotonic and cerebrotonic I shall use.
1980 [see viscerotonia n. at Derivatives].
B. n.
One having this type of personality. Cf. cerebrotonic adj. and n., somatotonic adj. and n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > light-heartedness > light-hearted person
happy-go-lucky1835
Jack Shalloo1875
viscerotonic1938
the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [noun] > sociable person > one having sociable or easy-going personality
viscerotonic1938
1938 H. G. Wells Apropos of Dolores iv. 214 The classification of main human types and temperaments from Hippocrates' down to the cerebrotonics, somatotonics and viscerotonics of today.
1956 Goacher & Whigham in E. Pound tr. Sophocles' Women of Trachis 60 Stigmatized as a sex crank, as a maniacal visceratonic [sic], he [sc. D. H. Lawrence] in fact made an extraordinary effort to re-establish the ‘whole’ man.
1969 V. de S. Pinto City that Shone iii. 68 I suppose that in modern psychological jargon, as a child in those distant Edwardian days, I could be described as an introvert and cerebrotonic living in a world of extroverts, somatotonics and viscerotonics.

Derivatives

visceroˈtonia n. /-ˈtəʊnɪə/ viscerotonic personality or characteristics.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > light-heartedness
lightnessa1350
light-heartedness1603
jauntiness1712
gaieté de cœur1728
sans souci1781
boyhood1829
sans-souci-ism1837
breeziness1885
gaydom1922
carefreeness1924
viscerotonia1980
happy-go-luckiness2008
the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [noun] > sociable person > one having sociable or easy-going personality > viscerotonic personality or characteristics
viscerotonia1980
1980 F. J. Bruno Behaviour & Life xi. 379 As might be expected, viscerotonia is said to be correlated with endomorphy. The extreme endomorph with a viscerotonic personality would be a self-indulgent person.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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