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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Having a short stocky physique.

Wiktionary

  1. n. anthropology A short, thickset person characterised by thick neck, large abdomen and relatively short limbs; a mesomorph.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. having a squat and fleshy build

Etymologies

  1. From Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknos, "thick"). (Wiktionary)
  2. From Greek puknos, compact. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “Allin informed Carl with his pyknic leer, "as well as working as his servant for one tenth of a cycle.”

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  • jmjarmstrong JM reckons too many picnics make too many pyknics! Apr 2, 2010

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