athletic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   vigorously active

   I am very athletic.

2. 2
   adj

   having a sturdy and well proportioned body

   Gymnasts have athletic builds.

3. 3
   adj

   relating to or befitting athletics or athletes

   Our athletic facilities are second to none.

4. 4
   adj

   Having to do with athletes.

   Are you a member of the American Athletic Association?

5. 5
   adj

   Physically active.

   Since you're such an athletic person, you may wish to consider joining.

6. 6
   adj

   Having a muscular, well developed body, being in shape.

   You have such an athletic build—you must work out regularly.

7. 7
   adj

   An attribute of a motion or play which requires fine physical ability.

   The center fielder made an athletic play to snatch the ball from over the fence.

8. 8
   adj

   Of a level in a Super Mario game: with an emphasis on platforming challenge, often involving precise jumps between floating platforms above a bottomless pit, and having upbeat background music.

   An athletic course in which Mario must traverse rotating lifts and stretch blocks.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-tromder. Ancient Greek ἆθλον (âthlon) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓θλέω (āthléō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓θλητῐκός (āthlētĭkós)bor. Latin āthlēticuslbor. Middle French athletiquebor. English athletic Borrowed from Middle French athletique and Latin āthlēticus, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητικός (athlētikós, “relating to an athlete”), from ἀθλητής (athlētḗs, “athlete”):…