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Olympic, a. and n.|əʊˈlɪmpɪk|
[ad. L. Olympic-us, a. Gr. Ὀλυµπικός, orig. ‘of Olympus’, later ‘of Olympia’.]
A. adj.
1. Of or belonging to Olympus; Olympian; celestial. rare. ? Obs.
1600Tourneur Transf. Metamorph. vii, Th' olimpique Globe is now a hollow ball.
2. a. Of or belonging to Olympia in Elis (see Olympian), in which the most famous games of ancient Greece (the Olympic Games) were celebrated in honour of the Olympian Zeus. Also transf.
a1610Healey Epictetus (1636) 48 Wouldest thou be victor in the Olympicke games? 1711Addison Spect. No. 173 ⁋3. I have looked over all the Olympic Games, and do not find anything in them like an Ass-Race. 1839Thirlwall Greece l. VI. 193 Dionysodorus, who had gained an Olympic prize. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 348 Their life will be blessed as the life of Olympic victors.
b. Of or pertaining to the modern Olympic Games, which were revived as a quadrennial international athletic meeting at Athens in 1896 and have been held in various places since then. Also transf.
1896Scribner's Mag. Apr. 453/1 The revival of the Olympic Games. Restoring the Stadion at Athens. 1908Westm. Gaz. 31 Mar. 8/3 There is now some confusion with regard to the International Olympic games. 1914R. Brooke Let. 5 Dec. (1968) 638 A New Zealand youth who was fighting in Mexico, heard the news in August, walked 300 miles to the coast, got a boat, and turned up here. He is also an Olympic Swimmer: and knows the South Seas. 1936J. Buchan Island of Sheep iv. 60 It was not the Peter that you knew in the War, but Peter ten years younger, with no grey in his beard, and as trim and light and hard as an Olympic athlete. 1960Times 5 Sept. 4/6 Hill..was representing a Germany united for Olympic purposes. 1962Listener 1 Feb. 234/1 A match [at Bridge] between Italy and the U.S.A. in the Olympic event two years ago. 1964D. M. Kunzle in G. C. Kunzle Parallel Bars 14 It was the whole conception of modern Olympic Gymnastics which was under fire. 1965V. Canning Whip Hand xii. 134 He's also first class with foils and sabre, Wimbledon standard tennis, Olympic standard swimming, and a double-first Oxford. 1968Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 10 Mar. (1970) 637 Lyndon..can break an Olympic record for getting dressed... We were out the door in about eight minutes. 1972G. Lyall Blame the Dead i. 7 He scuttled away, carrying the pencil and cartridge case in front like a little Olympic torch. 1972Guardian 19 Aug. 1/4 It is very important that he doesn't bring any infection that could affect other athletes in the Olympic Village. 1974Times 21 Jan. 4/3 The boys are encouraged to join in games with them, swim in the pool of Olympic dimensions and just talk to them during breaks between intelligence tests and interviews. 1976Scotsman 20 Nov. (Weekend Suppl.) 2/6 She used 30 cameramen and shot more than a million feet of film glorifying the Olympic ideal.
c. Comb., with reference to the modern Olympic Games, as Olympic-size, Olympic-sized, Olympic-style adjs.
1966J. Ball Cool Cottontail (1967) 17 A beautifully decked Olympic-size swimming pool. 1970‘E. Lathen’ Pick up Sticks (1971) iv. 36 The heart of Fiord Haven, where Havenites will enjoy an Olympic-size indoor swimming pool.
1969Guardian 16 June 2/6 The 600-acre military ‘city’, 40 miles from Saigon..contains..an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
1966Times 28 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. xiv/5 Canada's 1967 Pan-American Games, which includes Olympic-style amateur wrestling.
B. n. An Olympic game: usually in pl. Used esp. of the revived Olympic Games. Also transf. and fig.
c1640[Shirley] Capt. Underwit i. in Bullen O. Pl., To see the Clownes sell fish in the hall and ride the wild mare, and such Olimpicks. 1678W. Dillingham Serm. Fun. Lady Alston 8 In the Greek Olympicks, or in the Roman Cirque. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) I. 269 At their fairs..they perform their rude olympicks. 1928in Funk's Stand. Dict. 1948Kieran & Daley Story of Olympic Games (rev. ed.) xiii. 327 The ‘surest thing’ in the Olympics never looked surer. 1948Official Rep. Olympic Games (Brit. Olympic Assoc.) 41/1 No boxing competition of comparable size had been attempted anywhere in the world since the Berlin Olympics of 1936. 1949W. M. Hugill in Phoenix (Toronto) III. 31 One school of thought has repudiated any connection between culture and the modern Olympics. 1951European Bridge Rev. June 5/1 The 1951 Australian Jubilee Year World Olympic for contract bridge pairs. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia II. 274/1 The development of the modern Olympics into the pre-eminent athletic events in the world. 1976New Scientist 28 Oct. 203/2 Any competitor in the gravitational Olympics must be able to pass the three classical tests of relativity that Einstein proposed in 1916.
Hence † Olympicly adv., in Olympic fashion.
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