gymnast (jimnast)

[ The funeral [of Calanus] was followed, according to ancient Greek usage, by a horse-race, and by gymnastic and musical contests. Bp . Thirl wall , Hist. Greece, lv. The long course of gymnastic training, without which the final agonistic triumph could not have been attained, was regarded in antiquity as an e ential part of the edu cation of every free man, a duty which he owed his country. C. T. Newton, Art and Archæol., p. 323. 2. Pertaining to disciplinary exercises for the intellect.-3. Athletic; vigorous. [Rare.] To secure A form, not now gymnastic as of yore, From rickets and distortion. Cowper , Task, ii. 591. II. n. 1. Athletic exercise; athletics.-2. African rivers, attaining a length of 6 feet. gymnasia, n. Latin plural of gymnasium. gymnasial (jim-nā'zi-al), a. [ We group in one inseparable view their [the Germans'] transcendent opportunities for special study, their intel lectually admirable gymnasial basis, the freedom of research, etc. New Princeton Rev., II. 286.