pyknic adjective & noun. ['pɪknɪk] Also pycnic. E20.
[from Greek puknos thick, close-packed + -IC.]
A. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or designating a stocky physique with a rounded body and head, thickset trunk, and a tendency to fat, freq. associated with a cyclothymic temperament. E20.
b. noun. A person with a pyknic physique. E20.

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