Olympic
nounEtymology From Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπικός (Olumpikós), from Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos, “Olympus”).
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Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Slang Five consecutive ducks.
Olympic
adjUK /əˈlɪmpɪk/ · US /əˈlɪmpɪk/
Etymology From Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπικός (Olumpikós), from Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos, “Olympus”).
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Of or pertaining to the Olympic Games.
- Olympic torch
- Olympic champion
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- Olympic medal
- Olympic qualifiers
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Of a standard associated with the Olympic Games.
- Olympic swimming pool
- I have heard it said that the young Chamber of Commerce have put on their future programme the project of building an Olympic swimming pool.1971 10, New Hebrides. Advisory Council, Proceedings of the New Hebrides Advisory Council:
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- A neighbouring training regiment built an Olympic running track in their camp because the already great runner National Serviceman 2nd Lieutenant (later the Honorable Sir) Christopher Chattaway had been posted there.2006, Anthony Rosen, An Unordinary Life, Roundtuit Publishing, →ISBN, page 42:
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Informal Very large or powerful.
- Sid's stomach was practicing gagging motions for an eruption of absolutely Olympic proportions with his cheeks puffing quickly in and out to the beat.2013 August 19, Graham Smith, Macbeth, Author House, →ISBN, page 91:
- That bed was Olympic, and held some of Julia's best-worst memories.2025 March 11, Laura Newman, The Darling of Blackrock Desert: Three novellas set in the West: Three Novellas Set in the West, Delphinium Books, →ISBN:
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Rare Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods.
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Rare Detached or liberated from petty concerns; godlike.
- According to the late Dr. Otis T. Mason, who was my informant on this subject, he left as a memory of his visit a reputation for mental detachment that was Olympic in its character.1916, Biochemical Bulletin:
- The little paper contained none of the customary lampoons on Bloods and Masters. It was Olympic in its aloofness from school politics.1919, Arnold Lunn, Loose Ends:
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- This is the talk of an Olympic man, experiencing cosmic liberation. He enjoys life, first, as the very act of living, pure, immanent life as such-and thus enjoys his own self as a concrete and this-worldly being.1985, The Jerusalem Quarterly:
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Rare Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia.
- Derived terms
- Deaflympic, Olympically, Olympic breakfast, Olympic diving, olympicene, Olympic flame, Olympic Games, Olympic goal, Olympic Peninsula, Olympic Rings, Olympic torch, Olympic torchbearer, Olympic Valley, Olympic village, Olympism, Olyroos, Paralympian, Paralympic, Sydney Olympic Park
- Related terms
- Olympiad, Olympionic