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eurysome

UK/ˈjʊəɹɪ.səm/US/ˈjʊɹə.səm/

eurysome adjective: broad-bodied; wide-bodied or thick-limbed in proportion to height or length.

Adjective

eurysome (comparative more eurysome, superlative most eurysome)

  1. Broad-bodied; wide-bodied or thick-limbed in proportion to height or length.
    • The majority of such typings are bipolar, and they amount in the last analysis to saying that there are broader-bodied and narrower-bodied individuals in every group. To put this simple and in itself harmless finding learnedly, we substitute the terms “eurysome” and “leptosome.”1948, Alfred Louis Kroeber, Anthropology: race, language, culture, psychology, pre-history,, pages 173–174

Antonyms of eurysome

Forms of eurysome

comparativemore eurysome
superlativemost eurysome

Origin of eurysome

From eury- (“thick”) + -some (“body”).

Questions about eurysome

What does eurysome mean?
Eurysome means broad-bodied; wide-bodied or thick-limbed in proportion to height or length.
What part of speech is eurysome?
Eurysome is an adjective.
How do you pronounce eurysome?
Eurysome is pronounced /ˈjʊəɹɪ.səm/ (UK).

Words near eurysome in the dictionary

  1. eurypygid
  2. eurypygids
  3. eurypylous
  4. Eurys
  5. eurysaline
  6. eurysome
  7. eurysquillid
  8. eurysquillids
  9. eurysquilloid
  10. eurysquilloids
  11. eurysternid

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