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   pyknic

   /ˈpɪknɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or denoting a stocky physique with a rounded body and head, thickset trunk, and a tendency to fat.

   Word 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).

   Scrabble Points: 17

   • P

     3

   • Y

     4

   • K

     5

   • N

     1

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

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