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pancratical

/pæŋˈkɹætɪkəl/

pancratical adjective: of or relating to the pancratium; athletic.

Adjective

pancratical (comparative more pancratical, superlative most pancratical)

  1. (obsolete) Of or relating to the pancratium; athletic.
    • For as relations declare, he was the most pancratical man of Greece, and as Galen reporteth, and Mercurialis in his Gymnastics representeth, he was able to persist erect upon an oiled plank[…]1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Forms of pancratical

comparativemore pancratical
superlativemost pancratical

Origin of pancratical

See pancratium.

Questions about pancratical

What does pancratical mean?
Pancratical means of or relating to the pancratium; athletic.
What part of speech is pancratical?
Pancratical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pancratical?
Pancratical is pronounced /pæŋˈkɹætɪkəl/.

Words near pancratical in the dictionary

  1. pancratian
  2. pancratiast
  3. pancratiastic
  4. pancratiasts
  5. pancratic
  6. pancratical
  7. pancration
  8. pancratism
  9. pancratist
  10. pancratistatin
  11. pancratists

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