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pyknic

/ˈpɪknɪk/

Sounds like picnic · Rhymes with -ɪknɪk

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

adjective more pyknic · most pyknic

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 Gene

noun pyknics

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

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@misc{pyknic_2026,
  title = {pyknic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pyknic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}