Etymology From Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “thick”) + -ic, as a calque of German pyknisch.
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short and stout; endomorphic
For example, in the demographic profile published by the Direktorat Bina Masyarakat Terasing (1990), the surveyed populations are each typologized according to a seemingly scientific code relating to such characteristics as: F Bodily characteristics (F₁ Generally athletic, tall, upstanding / F₂ Generally pyknic, slender, medium / F₃ Generally short, fat, small)[…]2002 August 26, Geoffrey Benjamin, “On Being Tribal in the Malay World”, in Geoffrey Benjamin, Cynthia Chou, editors, Tribal Communities in the Malay World: Historical, Cultural and Social Perspectives, ISEAS Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, page 62:
pyknic
noun
Etymology From Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “thick”) + -ic, as a calque of German pyknisch.
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Anthropology, Human sciences, Sciences A short, thickset person characterised by thick neck, large abdomen and relatively short limbs; an endomorph.