eurysome

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UK/ˈjʊəɹɪ.səm/US/ˈjʊɹə.səm/

adjective

Broad-bodied; wide-bodied or thick-limbed in proportion to height or length.

Opposite
leptosome
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectiveeurysome (comparative more eurysome, superlative most 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
leptosome
Also see
obesestockythickset

Origin

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

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Cite this entry
APA

eurysome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eurysome

MLA

“eurysome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eurysome. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eurysome,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eurysome.

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