Calisthenic

adj

adj ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, or relating to calisthenics.

    "I will pass over the days of pap and petting, red shoes and blue sash, as being that only period when any thing of equality subsists between the sexes; and pass on to the time when all girls are awkward, and most of them ugly—days of back-boards and collars, red elbows, French, Italian, musical and calisthenic exercises."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to calisthenics wordnet

Synonyms

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gymnasticgymnastic

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"I will pass over the days of pap and petting, red shoes and blue sash, as being that only period when any thing of equality subsists between the sexes; and pass on to the time when all girls are awkward, and most of them ugly—days of back-boards and collars, red elbows, French, Italian, musical and calisthenic exercises."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + σθένος (sthénos, “strength”).

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