gymnic
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈdʒɪmnɪk/
Adjective

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: Printed by J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398 ↗, page 79 ↗:
      Have they not Sword-players, and ev'ry ſort / Of Gymnic Artiſts, Wreſtlers, Riders, Runners […] ?
Noun

gymnic (plural gymnics)

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



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