Gym*nas"tic*al*ly, adv. In a gymnastic manner.
Gym*nas"tics (-tks), n. Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of
performing gymnastic exercises; also, disciplinary exercises for the
intellect or character.
{ Gym"nic (jm"nk), Gym"nic*al (- n*kal), } a. [L. gymnicus, Gr.
gymniko`s: cf. F. gymnique. See Gymmasium.] Athletic; gymnastic. [Obs.]
Have they not swordplayers, and every sort Of gymnic artists,
wrestlers, riders, runners?
Milton.
Gym"nic, n. Athletic exercise. [Obs.] Burton.
Gym"nite (-nt), n. [Gr. gymno`s naked. So called as coming from the
Bare Hills, Maryland.] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of magnesia.
||Gym`no*blas"te*a (jm`n*bls"t*), n. pl. [NL. fr. Gr. gymno`s naked +
||blasta`nein to sprout.] (Zoˆl.) The Athecata; -- so called because
||the medusoid buds are not inclosed in a capsule.
Gym`no*blas"tic (-tk), a. (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to the Gymnoblastea.
Gym`no*car"pous (-k‰r"ps), a. [Gr. gymno`s naked + karpo`s fruit.]
(Bot.) Naked-fruited, the fruit either smooth or not adherent to the
perianth. Gray.
||Gym*noch"ro*a (jm*nk"r*), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + chro`a
||skin, body.] (Zoˆl.) A division of Hydroidea including the hydra. See
||Hydra.
||Gym*noc"la*dus (jm*n"l*ds), n. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + kla`dos
||a branch.] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee
||tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for
||coffee.
||Gym`no*co"pa (jm`n*k"p), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + kw`ph
||an oar.] (Zoˆl.) A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida,
||having setÊ only in the cephalic appendages.
Gym"no*cyte (jm"n*st), n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + ky`tos a hollow vessel.]
(Biol.) A cytode without a proper cell wall, but with a nucleus.
Haeckel.
Gym`no*cy"tode (jm`n*s"td), n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + E. cytode.] (Biol.)
A cytode without either a cell wall or a nucleus. Haeckel.
Gym"no*dont (jm"n*dnt), n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos,
tooth.] (Zoˆl.) One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes),
having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on
each jaw, as the diodonts and tetradonts. See Bur fish, Globefish,
Diodon.
Gym"no*gen (-jn), n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + -gen.] (Bot.) One of a class
of plants, so called by Lindley, because the ovules are fertilized by
direct contact of the pollen. Same as Gymnosperm.
||Gym`no*glos"sa (-gls"s), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + glw^ssa
||tongue.] (Zoˆl.) A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is
||without teeth.
{ ||Gym`no*lÊ"ma (-l"m), ||Gym`no*lÊ"ma*ta (-m*t), } n. pl. [NL., fr.
Gr. gymno`s naked + laimo`s the throat.] (Zoˆl.) An order of Bryozoa,
having no epistome.
||Gym`no*no"ti (-n"t), n. pl. [NL. fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + nw^tos the
||back.] (Zoˆl.) The order of fishes which includes the Gymnotus or
||electrical eel. The dorsal fin is wanting.
Gym`no*pÊd"ic (-pd"k or - p"dk), a. [Gr. gymno`s naked + pai^s,
paido`s, a child.] (Zoˆl.) Having young that are naked when hatched;
psilopÊdic; -- said of certain birds.
||Gym`no*phi"o*na (-f"*n), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked +
||'ofio`neos serpentlike.] (Zoˆl.) An order of Amphibia, having a long,
||annulated, snakelike body. See Ophiomorpha.
||Gym`noph*thal"ma*ta (- nf*thl"m*t), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s
||naked + 'ofqalmo`s the eye.] (Zoˆl.) A group of acalephs, including
||the naked-eyed medusÊ; the hydromedusÊ. Most of them are known to be
||the free-swimming progeny (gonophores) of hydroids.
Gym"no*plast (jm"n*plst), n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + pla`ssein to shape,
mold.] (Biol.) A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a
white blood corpuscle.
Gym'no*rhi"nal (-r"nal), a. [Gr. gymno`s naked + "ri`s, "rino`s, the
nose.] (Zoˆl.) Having unfeathered nostrils, as certain birds.
||Gym`no*so"ma*ta (-s"m*t or - sm"*t), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s
||naked + sw^ma, sw`matos, the body.] (Zoˆl.) One of the orders of
||Pteropoda. They have no shell.
Gym*nos"o*phist (jm*ns"*fst), n. [Gr. gymnosofisth`s; gymno`s naked +
sofisth`s philosopher; cf. F. gymnosophiste.] One of a sect of
philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the Great,
who went almost naked, denied themselves the use of flesh, renounced
bodily pleasures, and employed themselves in the contemplation of
nature.
Gym*nos"o*phy (-f), n. The doctrines of the Gymnosophists. Good.
Gym"no*sperm (jm"n*sprm), n. (Bot.) A plant that bears naked seeds (i.
e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock.
Cf. Angiosperm.
Gym`no*sper"mous (-spr"ms), a. [Gr. gymno`spermos; gymno`s naked +
spe`rma seed: cf. F. gymnosperme.] (Bot.) (a) Having naked seeds, or
seeds not inclosed in a capsule or other vessel. (b) Belonging to the
class of plants consisting of gymnosperms.
||Gym*not"o*ka (jm*nt"*k), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + to`kos
||a bringing forth.] (Zoˆl.) The Athecata.
||Gym*no"tus (jm*n"ts), n. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + nw^tos the
||back: cf. F. gymnote.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of South American fresh-water
||fishes, including the Gymnotus electricus, or electric eel. It has a
||greenish, eel-like body, and is possessed of electric power.
One fearful shock, fearful but momentary, like that from the
electric blow of the gymnotus.
De Quincey.
Gyn (gn), v. i. To begin. [Obs.] See Gin.
{ ||Gyn`Ê*ce"um (jn`*s"m), ||Gyn`Ê*ci"um (jn`*s"m), } n. [L., fr. Gr.
gynaikei^on women's apartments, fr. gynh` a woman.] That part of a
large house, among the ancients, exclusively appropriated to women.
[Written also gyneceum, gynecium.] Tennyson.
Gy*nÊ"cian (j*n"shan), a. The same as Gynecian.
Gy*nÊ"co*phore (j*n"k*fr), n. [Gr. gynaikei^on the women's apartments +
fe`rein to bear.] (Zoˆl.) A ventral canal or groove, in which the males
of some diúcious trematodes carry the female. See Illust. of HÊmatozoa.
Gy*nan"der (j*nn"dr), n. [See Gynandrian.] (Bot.) A plant having the
stamens inserted in the pistil.
||Gy*nan"dri*a (-dr*), n. pl. [NL. See Gynandrian.] (Bot.) A class of
||plants in the LinnÊan system, whose stamens grow out of, or are
||united with, the pistil.
{ Gy*nan"dri*an (-an), Gy*nan"drous (- drs), } a. [Gr. gy`nandros of
doubtful sex; gynh` a woman + 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man: cf. F. gynandre.]
(Bot.) Having stamens inserted in the pistil; belonging to the class
Gynandria.
Gy*nan"dro*morph (-dr*mÙrf), n. (Zoˆl.) An animal affected with
gynandromorphism.
Gy*nan`dro*mor"phism (- mÙr"fz'm),n. [Gr. gynh` a woman, female +
'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man, male + morfh` form.] (Zoˆl.) An abnormal
condition of certain animals, in which one side has the external
characters of the male, and the other those of the female.
Gy*nan`dro*mor"phous (-fs), a. (Zoˆl.) Affected with gynandromorphism.
Gy*nan"ther*ous (-thr*s), a. [Gr. gynh` a woman + E. anther.] (Bot.)
Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens
are converted into pistils. R. Brown.
Gyn"ar*chy (jn"r*k), n. [Gr. gynh` a woman + -archy.] Government by a
woman. Chesterfield.
||Gyn`e*ce"um (jn`*s"m), n. See GynÊceum.
Gy*ne"cian (j*n"shan), a. [Gr. gynaikei^os.] Of or relating to women.
Gyn`e*coc"ra*cy (jn`*kk"r*s), n. [Gr. gynaikokrati`a; gynh`, gynaiko`s,
a woman + kratei^n to rule: cf. F. gynÈcocratie. Cf. Gynocracy.]
Government by a woman, female power; gyneocracy. Bailey.
Gyn`e*co*log"ic*al (jn`*k*lj"*kal or g`n-), a. Of or pertaining to
gynecology.
Gyn`e*col"o*gy (jn`*kl"*j or g`n-), n. [Gr. gynh`, gynaiko`s, a woman +
-logy.] The science which treats of the structure and diseases of
women. -- Gyn`e*col"o*gist.
Gyn"e*oc`ra*cy (jn`*k"r*s), n. See Gynecocracy.
Gyn`e*ol"a*try (-l"*tr), n. [Gr. gynh` a woman + latrei`a worship.] The
adoration or worship of woman.
The sentimental gyneolatry of chivalry, which was at best but
skin-deep.
Lowell.
||Gyn`e*pho"bi*a (-f"b*), n. [NL., fr. Gr. gynh` a woman + fo`bos
||fear.] Hatred of women; repugnance to the society of women. Holmes.