gymnic
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- gymnick (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Latin gymnicus, from Ancient Greek γυμνικός (gumnikós), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gymnic (comparative more gymnic, superlative most gymnic)
- (now rare) Gymnastic; athletic.
- 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 79:
- Have they not Sword-players, and ev'ry ſort / Of Gymnic Artiſts, Wreſtlers, Riders, Runners […] ?
- 1910, George Rawlinson, The History of Herodotus, Book 6:
- Ever since his death the people of the Chersonese have offered him the customary sacrifices of a founder; and they have further established in his honour a gymnic contest and a chariot-race, in neither of which is it lawful for any Lampsacenian to contend.
Noun[edit]
gymnic (plural gymnics)
- (in the plural, now rare) Gymnastics.
References[edit]
- “gymnic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.