athletic

Meanings

Adjective

• Having to do with athletes.
• Physically active.
• Having a muscular, well developed body, being in shape.
• An attribute of a motion or play which requires fine physical ability.

Noun

• A muscular, large–boned person, in the typology of Ernst Kretschmer.

Origin

• From French athlétique and Latin āthlēticus, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητικός ("relating to an athlete"), from ἀθλητής: equivalent to athlete + -ic. For more, see athlete.