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One with a slight build
Answer for the clue "One with a slight build ", 9 letters:
ectomorph
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Someone with a lean, only slightly muscular body 2 (context bodybuilding English): 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.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person with a thin non-muscular body
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1940, coined by W.H. Sheldon from ecto- + -morph , from Greek morphe (see morphine ). Related: Ectomorphic .
Usage examples of ectomorph.
They were mostly Hanuman monkeys—flailing, whiptailed ectomorphs who acted as if they owned the place—which, according to Hindoos, they did.
It just couldn't be this way, no matter how much those ectomorphs wanted to bubble around their lake.
The two ectomorphs in the next booth got up and left and we were the only patrons.