Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to an ectomorph.
Wiktionary
- adj. of or pertaining to an ectomorph
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having a build with little fat or muscle but with long limbs
Etymologies
- ectoderm + -morphic (Wiktionary)
- ecto(derm) + -morphic. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Joe Wright said it was really important that I do next to nothing and listen a lot, which is very counterintuitive to my kind of ectomorphic disposition, so it was an equal challenge for me, in that way.”
“On Thursday, Mr. Schleck and Mr. Contador would ascend the decisive Col du Tourmalet together, like an ectomorphic Butch and Sundance.”
“He wanted the body of a muscular mesomorph with wide shoulders and narrow waist but his six foot four inch bony frame had an ectomorphic musculature and no amount of pumping iron would bulk up his long thin limbs.”
“Monteiro the actor had a certain ectomorphic comic grace that has prompted comparison to French auteur Jacques Tati.”
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“Joe Wright said it was really important that I do next to nothing and listen a lot, which is very counterintuitive to my ectomorphic disposition.”
“We marched all the way to the big arena, where I rode with the ectomorphic teenagers and their preternaturally good lower leg positions.”
“Currently sitting in second position is the ectomorphic Andy Schleck of Team Saxo Bank.”
“I should add - she's a skinny little ectomorphic fast-metabolism speed demon.”
“I wish somebody would explain mesomorphic and ectomorphic to me.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘ectomorphic’.
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Body bio- baby!
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Verbosities
For when eloquence is anything but brief.
blandiloquence, grandiloquence, acquiesce, defenestration, exonerate, gigmanity, ectomorphic, convivial, exoptation
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Wordnik Words
Words that appear on the home page of Wordnik.
abaci, cabooleat, endomorphic, warfinger, varna, tautological, quesadillia, hub, oceanography, ken, ignimbrite, galactagogue and 110 more...
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C. S. Bird – Grandiloquent Dictionary
All the words from the Grandiloquent Dictionary.
946 of these 2700 words do not yield any results in six different dictionaries, hence many of them might be misspellings.
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Tory's First Wordie List
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homepage words
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To Learn
I need to learn and/or go over these words someday.
saccharine, chalumeau, elephantine, cerograph, tautology, galactagogue, woundwort, betony, sagination, endomorph, immiscible, kin and 17 more...
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Sabrina's Words
oxalic, persona non grata, voyeur, coalesce, sartorial, gloaming, sublimate, susurrus, weltschmerz, ennui, minaret, mosque and 44 more...
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12th Grade Unit 6
herbicide, matricide, genocide, fratricide, mesomorphic, aesthetic, ectomorphic, anthropomorphic, metamorphosis, patricide, pesticide, regicide and 3 more...
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step lightly
ecossaise, sashay, prance, varsovienne, badinage, vellicate, ectomorphic, spiccato, libant, volant, voltigeur, saltation and 6 more...
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Big words that will confuse Justin :)
the title says it all
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