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English
Etymology
From Latin gymnicus, from Ancient Greek γυμνικός (gumnikós), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
gymnic (comparative more gymnic, superlative most gymnic)
- (now rare) Gymnastic; athletic.
1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, .”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: J M for John Starkey , →OCLC, page 79:Have they not Sword-players, and ev'ry ſort / Of Gymnic Artiſts, Wreſtlers, Riders, Runners […] ?
1910, George Rawlinson, The History of Herodotus, Book 6: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.
Noun
gymnic (plural gymnics)
- (in the plural, now rare) Gymnastics.
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