Dictionary

pyknic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• pĭkʹ-nĭk
• /ˈpɪknɪk/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “thick”) + -ic, as a calque of German pyknisch.

Meanings

1. short and stout; endomorphic
   • For example, in the demographic profile published by the Direktorat Bina Masyarakat Terasing (1990), the surveyed populations are each typologized according to a seemingly scientific code relating to such characteristics as: F Bodily characteristics (F₁ Generally athletic, tall, upstanding / F₂ Generally pyknic, slender, medium / F₃ Generally short, fat, small)[…] 2002 August 26, Geoffrey Benjamin, “On Being Tribal in the Malay World”, in Geoffrey Benjamin, Cynthia Chou, editors, Tribal Communities in the Malay World: Historical, Cultural and Social Perspectives, ISEAS Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, page 62:

Forms

pyknic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• pĭkʹ-nĭk
• /ˈpɪknɪk/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “thick”) + -ic, as a calque of German pyknisch.

Meanings

1. A short, thickset person characterised by thick neck, large abdomen and relatively short limbs; an endomorph.

Forms

Relateds

pyknon

Translations (2)

sv pykniker (short, thickset person) · fi pyknikko (short, thickset person)