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mesomorph

[ mez-uh-mawrf, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh- ]
/ ˈmɛz əˌmɔrf, ˈmɛs-, ˈmi zə-, -sə- /
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noun
a person of the mesomorphic type.
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Origin of mesomorph

First recorded in 1935–40; meso- + -morph

Words nearby mesomorph

Mesolonghi, Mesolóngion, mesomere, mesomerism, mesometeorology, mesomorph, mesomorphic, meson, mesonephros, mesopause, mesopeak
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British Dictionary definitions for mesomorph

mesomorph
/ (ˈmɛsəʊˌmɔːf) /
noun
a person with a muscular body build: said to be correlated with somatotoniaCompare ectomorph, endomorph (def. 1)
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