viscerotonic
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by WH Sheldon, from viscero- + tonic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]viscerotonic (comparative more viscerotonic, superlative most viscerotonic)
- Designating a personality type characterised as sociable, easy-going, and comfort-seeking.
Noun
[edit]viscerotonic (plural viscerotonics)
- A person with such a personality.
- 1962, Alistair Horne, The Price of Glory, Penguin, published 1993, page 20:
- Joffre was a true viscerotonic, and this was the source of his principal strengths and weaknesses.