Etymology

pyknic

pyk·nic
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Today it means: short and stout; endomorphic Full definition →

German pyknisch
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  1. German · calque ofpyknisch
  2. English todaypyknic

From Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “thick”) + -ic, as a calque of German pyknisch.

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