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单词 pyknic
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Definition of pyknic in English:

pyknic

adjective ˈpɪknɪkˈpiknik
Anthropology
  • Relating to or denoting a stocky physique with a rounded body and head, thickset trunk, and a tendency to fat.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One's physical or bodily shape can be classified into the pyknic type, the muscular type and the intermediate type.
    • Instead of the pyknic or compact extreme, Sheldon found a round and soft one.
    Synonyms
    heavily built, stocky, thickset, sturdy, sturdily built, well built, burly, strapping, brawny, muscular, solid, heavy, hefty, girthy, meaty

Origin

1920s: from Greek puknos 'thick' + -ic. The word was first used by the German psychiatrist, Ernst Kretschmer (1888–1964), in his tripartite classification of human types (the other two being asthenic and athletic).

Rhymes

picnic
 
 

Definition of pyknic in US English:

pyknic

adjectiveˈpiknik
Anthropology
  • Relating to or denoting a stocky physique with a rounded body and head, thickset trunk, and a tendency to be fat.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One's physical or bodily shape can be classified into the pyknic type, the muscular type and the intermediate type.
    • Instead of the pyknic or compact extreme, Sheldon found a round and soft one.
    Synonyms
    heavily built, stocky, thickset, sturdy, sturdily built, well built, burly, strapping, brawny, muscular, solid, heavy, hefty, girthy, meaty

Origin

1920s: from Greek puknos ‘thick’ + -ic. The word was first used by the German psychiatrist, Ernst Kretschmer (1888–1964), in his tripartite classification of human types (the other two being asthenic and athletic).

 
 
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