gymnic

English

Alternative forms
  • gymnick (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɪmnɪk/

Adjective

gymnic (comparative more gymnic, superlative most gymnic)

  1. (now rare) Gymnastic; athletic.
    • Milton
      Have they not swordplayers, and every sort / Of gymnic artists, wrestlers, riders, runners?

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gymnic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Noun

gymnic (plural gymnics)

  1. (in the plural, now rare) Gymnastics.
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