Olympic

[ uh-lim-pik, oh-lim- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the Olympic Games:

   an Olympic contender.

2. of or relating to Olympia, in Greece.
3. pertaining to Mount Olympus, in Greece.
4. Olympian ( def 3 ).

noun

1. an Olympian deity.
2. Olympics. Olympic Games ( def 2 ).

Olympic

/ əˈlɪmpɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Olympic Games
2. of or relating to ancient Olympia

Word History and Origins

Origin of Olympic¹

1590–1600; < Latin Olympicus of Olympus, of Olympia < Greek Olympikós. See Olympus, -ic

Example Sentences

After Olympic boxer Guillermo Rigondeux defected, his family suffered a form of domestic exile.

From The Daily Beast

Available at Olympic Provisions Mexico: The Cookbook, $33 Is there anything better than genuine Mexican food?

From The Daily Beast

The 41-year-old claims she met the Olympic champion on Tinder, and they fell in love.

From The Daily Beast

We did a lot in our seven years for the kids, brought the Olympic Games to the country.

From The Daily Beast

Andy Johns engineered the sessions and we recorded it at Olympic Studios.

From The Daily Beast

The Pointsman is likely to remain on the line of the Olympic bills for many a week to come.

From Project Gutenberg

Diogenes one day heard a herald publish that Dioxippus had conquered men at the Olympic games.

From Project Gutenberg

When he was twelve years old, Zelter placed him in the Olympic in Weimar, where he made remarkable progress.

From Project Gutenberg

This subspecies was named from the Olympic Peninsula of Washington.

From Project Gutenberg

Fig. 240 shows a cabin in the Olympic mountains, but it is only the ordinary American log cabin with a shake roof and no windows.

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