pyknic
pyknic
[ˈpɪknɪk]
adjective
[ˈpɪknɪk]
adjective
- (Anthropology)of, relating to, or denoting a stocky physique with a rounded body and head, thickset trunk, and a tendency to fat
(人类学)（体型）矮而阔的，矮胖的
- 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 asthnic and athletic)
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