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endomorph|ˈɛndəʊmɔːf|
[f. endo- + Gr. µορϕ-ή form.]
1. Min. (See quot.)
1882Geikie Text-bk. Geol. ii. ii. §2. 61 A mineral which encloses another has been called a Perimorph; one enclosed within another an Endomorph.
2. Anthropometry. A person with a soft round body-build in which the physical structures developed from the endodermal layer of the embryo predominate: one of W. H. Sheldon's three constitutional types (cf. ectomorph, mesomorph).
1940W. H. Sheldon Varieties Human Physique iii. 34 Those whose physiques show a predominant endomorphy we call endomorphs. Ibid. vii. 251 The endomorph likes soft, overstuffed furniture,..luxurious general furnishing, and ceremonial eating equipment. 1951Auden Nones (1952) 56 An endomorph with gentle hands. 1954R. Fuller Fantasy & Fugue 75 I've a soft body, big chest, bigger stomach. A typical viscerotonic endomorph—easy going, fond of people and fonder still of jugged hare. 1963[see ectomorph].
Hence ˈendomorphic a., (a) Min. [ad. F. endomorphique (J. Fournet 1858, in Ann. Sci. Physiques Soc. d'Agric., Lyon II. Procès-verbaux, p. iii)], of or pertaining to an endomorph; (b) Anthropometry, characterized by endomorphy. Also ˈendomorphy (see quots.).
1888F. H. Hatch in J. J. H. Teall Brit. Petrography 430 Endomorphic, applied, first by Fournet, to contact-metamorphism when produced in the erupted rock. It is used in contradistinction to exomorphic. Syn. Endogenous. 1940W. H. Sheldon Varieties Human Physique i. 5 Endomorphy means relative predominance of soft roundness throughout the various regions of the body. Ibid. iii. 38 The whole endomorphic head is constructed on a spherical plan. 1944A. Huxley Let. 19 July (1969) 508 The massive mixtures of endomorphy and mesomorphy who sing at the opera. 1955Lancet 5 Feb. 291/1 Endomorphy, characterised by ready accumulation of fat, deep chest, round skull and thick upper arm and thigh but relatively thin wrists and ankles. |