gymnic

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UK/ˈdʒɪmnɪk/

adjective

Gymnastic; athletic.

OriginLatin gymnicus ← Ancient Greek γυμνικός →
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Meanings

adjectivegymnic (comparative more gymnic, superlative most gymnic)

comparative more gymnic · superlative most gymnic · alternative gymnick

  1. archaicGymnastic; 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
    1 more example

    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
noungymnic (plural gymnics)

plural gymnics · alternative gymnick

  1. archaicin pluralGymnastics.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekγυμνικός
  2. Latingymnicus
  3. Englishgymnic

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

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APA

gymnic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gymnic

MLA

“gymnic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gymnic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gymnic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gymnic.

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