Meanings
- Of, or relating to calisthenics.
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I will pass over the days of pap and petting, red shoes and blue sash, as being that only period when any thing of equality subsists between the sexes; and pass on to the time when all girls are awkward, and most of them ugly—days of back-boards and collars, red elbows, French, Italian, musical and calisthenic exercises.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 102-103Synonyms: gymnastic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, or relating to calisthenics.
Origin
- Ancient Greekκάλλος“beauty”
- Englishcalisthenic
From Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + σθένος (sthénos, “strength”).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian калистени́чен
- калистени́чен (kalisteníčen)relating to calisthenics
German calisthenisch, kalisthenisch
- calisthenischrelating to calisthenics
- kalisthenischrelating to calisthenics
Greek καλλισθενικός
- καλλισθενικός (kallisthenikós)relating to calisthenics
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calisthenic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calisthenic
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