pancratical

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/pæŋˈkɹætɪkəl/

adjective

Of or relating to the pancratium; athletic.

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Meanings

adjectivepancratical (comparative more pancratical, superlative most pancratical)

comparative more pancratical · superlative most pancratical

  1. obsoleteOf 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

Synonyms & antonyms

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pancratic

Origin

See pancratium.

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APA

pancratical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancratical

MLA

“pancratical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancratical. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pancratical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancratical.

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