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gymnic

UK/ˈdʒɪmnɪk/

gymnic adjective: gymnastic; athletic.

Adjective

gymnic (comparative more gymnic, superlative most gymnic)

  1. (archaic) Gymnastic; athletic.
    • Have they not Sword-players, and ev'ry ſort / Of Gymnic Artiſts, Wreſtlers, Riders, Runners […]?1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 79
    • 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.1910, George Rawlinson, The History of Herodotus, Book 6

Noun

gymnic (plural gymnics)

  1. (archaic, in plural) Gymnastics.

Forms of gymnic

Adjective
comparativemore gymnic
superlativemost gymnic
alternative formgymnick
Noun
pluralgymnics

Origin of gymnic

From Latin gymnicus, from Ancient Greek γυμνικός (gumnikós), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”).

Questions about gymnic

What does gymnic mean?
Gymnic means gymnastic; athletic.
What part of speech is gymnic?
Gymnic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce gymnic?
Gymnic is pronounced /ˈdʒɪmnɪk/ (UK).

Words near gymnic in the dictionary

  1. gymnemates
  2. gymnemic acid
  3. gymnemic acids
  4. gymnepregoside
  5. Gymnesians
  6. gymnic
  7. gymnical
  8. gymnics
  9. gymnite
  10. gymnites
  11. gymnitid

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