Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to an endomorph.
- adjective Created through endomorphism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Occurring in the form of an endomorph; of or relating to minerals occurring as endomorphs.
- Specifically In petrography, having the character of those phases of contact-metamorphism which are developed within the intrusive rock. See
endomorphism .
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- adjective of or pertaining to an
endomorph
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a squat and fleshy build
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The endomorphic anti-hero in Roald Dahl's "Mr. Botibol," we are told, resembles an asparagus in his raw loneliness ( "his long narrow stalk did not appear to have any shoulders at all").
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I have something of an endomorphic shape so the bulk is where I sit.
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As someone with a endomorphic body, I don't think I'll ever have an epic ride as defined by Rapha.
Epic-curious: Riding Long and Hard BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Yes, Hagel is the lumbering, lovable Barney Bear to Lieberman's endomorphic Droopy.
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Yeah, I still got that stupid ecomorphic, endomorphic crap memorized.
I go for EEG, Linda becomes Sigourney Weaver, I muse about P.E./Gym class and my NEW PLAN Elizabeth McClung 2008
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It's what physiologists, nutritionists, and dieticians refer to as 'endomorphic.'
fatsterminal Diary Entry fatsterminal 2004
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You have strong Celtic features — wiry dark hair and brown eyes — and your body shape is endomorphic.
Disordered Minds Walters, Minette 2003
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Hav-ing spread undetected throughout her body, the develop-ing mycelium of what was possibly an endomorphic mycorrhiza had finally fruited.
Mid Flinx Foster, Alan Dean 1995
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Having spread undetected throughout her body, the developing mycelium of what was possibly an endomorphic mycorrhiza had finally fruited.
Mid Flinx Foster, Alan Dean 1995
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Sam Purdy would be his first endomorphic bicycle buddy.
Higher Authority White, Stephen, 1951- 1994
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