Dictionary entry

Gymnic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Gym″nic (jĭm″nĭk), Gym″nic‐al (–nĭ‐kal), } a. [L. gymnicus, Gr. γυμνικόσ: cf. F. gymnique. See Gymmasium.] Athletic; gymnastic.

Have they not swordplayers, and every sort

Of gymnic artists, wrestlers, riders, runners? Milton.