LEPTODERMOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (lep-tuh-DUHR-muhs)

MEANING: adjective: Having a thin skin.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek lepto- (thin) + -dermous (skin). Earliest documented use: 1888. The opposite is pachydermous.
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LEAPTODERMOUS - jumping out of one's own skin

LEPTODERMOUSE - Mickey, you've lost weight!

SLEPT-ODER-MOUS - snoozing small rodent on the river