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.
   • 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:

     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)

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

References

• “gymnic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.