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单词 callisthenium
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callistheniumcalistheniumn.

Brit. /ˌkalᵻsˈθɛnɪəm/, U.S. /ˌkæləsˈθɛniəm/
Forms: 1800s– callisthenium, 1800s– calisthenium.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: callisthenics n., gymnasium n.
Etymology: < callisthen- (in callisthenics n.) + -ium (in gymnasium n.).With the form calisthenium compare cali- comb. form and see discussion at that entry.
U.S. Now historical and rare.
A building, or part of a building, dedicated to the practice of callisthenics. Cf. gymnasium n. 1.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > exercise > [noun] > place
callisthenium1832
jogging path1976
trimnasium1983
1832 Amer. Traveller (Boston) 11 May 3/2 We are happy to learn that the measures sometime in progress for a Calisthenium..are likely to be effectual, and that the Federal Street Theatre has been obtained for this purpose... The Calisthenium is not intended to contain the usual apparatus of a Gymnasium.
1860 Mothers' Jrnl. & Family Visitant 25 302 They have also a Callisthenium for indoor exercise. Excellent.
1883 N.-Y. Tribune 25 Dec. 2/5 After the play the calisthenium was thrown open and the girls danced until supper-time.
1931 R. E. Finley Lady of Godey's xiii. 218 If the college's ideas of ‘Calisthenics (Boston light gymnastics)’, practiced in a ‘calisthenium’, seem ridiculous now, they were very unquestionably radical then.
2000 S. S. Roff et al. From Free Acad. to CUNY vii. 99 The permanent home of the Normal College..was designed without a gymnasium, and it had only a small calisthenium.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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