pyknic

ADJ อ้วน  aun

pyknic

pyk nic |ˈpiknik ˈpɪknɪk | ▶adjective Anthropology of, relating to, or denoting a stocky physique with a rounded body and head, thickset trunk, and a tendency to be fat. ORIGIN 1920s: from Greek puknos ‘thick ’ + -ic. The word was first used by German psychiatrist Ernst Kretschmer (1888 –1964 ) in his tripartite classification of human types (the other two being asthnic and athletic ).

pyknic

pyknic |ˈpɪknɪk | ▶adjective Anthropology relating to or denoting a stocky physique with a rounded body and head, thickset trunk, and a tendency to fat. ORIGIN 1920s: from Greek puknos ‘thick ’ + -ic. The word was first used by the German psychiatrist, Ernst Kretschmer (1888 –1964 ), in his tripartite classification of human types (the other two being asthenic and athletic ).