about 1 year ago billifer said:Definition and origin unknown
Unlisted in both Webster's Third New International Unabridged and Webster's Medical.
Breaking down root words: steato-, meaning fat, and -crypt-, meaning unknown or hidden, it's reasonable to guess that David Foster Wallace intended this word to mean "having too little or unseen fat upon one's body." Compare with, for example, steatopygiac.
Unlisted in both Webster's Third New International Unabridged and Webster's Medical.
Breaking down root words: steato-, meaning fat, and -crypt-, meaning unknown or hidden, it's reasonable to guess that David Foster Wallace intended this word to mean "having too little or unseen fat upon one's body." Compare with, for example, steatopygiac.