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ectomorph

UK/ˈɛktəʊmɔːf//ˈɛktoʊmɔːɹf/

ectomorph noun: someone with a lean, only slightly muscular body.

ectomorph: someone with a lean, only slightly muscular body
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Noun

ectomorph (plural ectomorphs)

  1. Someone with a lean, only slightly muscular body
    • Also there was a woman I hadn't met, a chain-smoking French ectomorph whose job it was to make sense of records of public spending in the Ministry of Finance.1990, Robert Klitgaard, Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa
  2. Theoretical body type in which a person has a high metabolism. Such a person can easily maintain a low fat physique, but does not add muscle or body weight easily.
    • The ectomorph body type is characterized by narrow shoulders and hips and a lean build. Its naturally fast metabolism makes it easy for ectomorphs to lose or maintain body fat levels but more difficult to build muscle.2025 February 6, Laura Schober, “Everything To Know About Having an Ectomorph Body Type”, in Health

ectomorph meaning in Kannada

ectomorph in Kannada

ಸಣಕಲು ಮೈಯವ, ತೆಳ್ಳಗಿರುವ

Synonyms of ectomorph

Forms of ectomorph

pluralectomorphs

Origin of ectomorph

Derived from ectoderm + -morph from William Herbert Sheldon. Equivalent to ecto- + -morph.

Words formed from ectomorph

Questions about ectomorph

What does ectomorph mean?
Ectomorph means someone with a lean, only slightly muscular body.
What is ectomorph in Kannada?
Ectomorph in Kannada is ಸಣಕಲು ಮೈಯವ, ತೆಳ್ಳಗಿರುವ. See Ectomorph meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is ectomorph?
Ectomorph is a noun.
How do you pronounce ectomorph?
Ectomorph is pronounced /ˈɛktəʊmɔːf/ (UK).
What is the plural of ectomorph?
The plural of ectomorph is ectomorphs.

Words near ectomorph in the dictionary

  1. ectometaloph
  2. ectometalophs
  3. ectometer
  4. ectomicrobiota
  5. ectomies
  6. ectomorph
  7. ectomorphic
  8. ectomorphically
  9. ectomorphs
  10. ectomorphy
  11. ectomy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ectomorph (page history and authors); ectomorph (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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