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Word: Pyknic
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
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)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpɪknɪk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
relating to or denoting a stocky physique with a rounded body and head, thickset trunk, and a tendency to fat.
Short Definition:of stocky physique with rounded body and head
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