Olympic

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

/ əˈlɪm pɪk, oʊˈlɪm- /

adjective

of or relating to the Olympic Games: an Olympic contender.

of or relating to Olympia, in Greece.

pertaining to Mount Olympus, in Greece.

Olympian(def 3).

noun

an Olympian deity.

Olympics. Olympic Games(def 2).

Origin of Olympic

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

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Examples from the Web for olympic

After Olympic boxer Guillermo Rigondeux defected, his family suffered a form of domestic exile.
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Available at Olympic Provisions Mexico: The Cookbook, $33 Is there anything better than genuine Mexican food?
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The 41-year-old claims she met the Olympic champion on Tinder, and they fell in love.
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We did a lot in our seven years for the kids, brought the Olympic Games to the country.
Putin’s Hockey Pal Tells All: Slava Fetisov on ‘Red Army,’ Soviet Nostalgia, and What Drives Putin|Marlow Stern|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Andy Johns engineered the sessions and we recorded it at Olympic Studios.
When Gary Wright Met George Harrison: Dream Weaver, John and Yoko, and More|Gary Wright|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The steamship appeared, and grew in size and power until such giants of the wave as the Titanic and Olympic were set afloat.
Sinking of the Titanic|Various
At twenty-two, I won two events at the Olympic Games: fencing and swimming.
The Tremendous Event|Maurice Leblanc
His providing for a cessation of arms during the Olympic games is likewise a mark of the humane and peaceable man.
Ideal Commonwealths|Various
They erected tombs to horses which had won Olympic victories and to other favorite animals.
Vacation days in Greece|Rufus B. Richardson
You can tell her she'll be taken on if she likes to turn up at the Olympic to-morrow morning at ten sharp.
The Guinea Stamp|Annie S. Swan

British Dictionary definitions for olympic

Olympic

/ (əˈlɪmpɪk) /

adjective

of or relating to the Olympic Games

of or relating to ancient Olympia

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Word Origin and History for olympic

Olympic

adj.

c.1600, "of or in reference to Mount Olympos, also to Olympia (khora), town or district in Elis in ancient Greece, where athletic contests in honor of Olympian Zeus were held 776 B.C.E. and every four years thereafter; from Greek Olympikos, from Olympos, of unknown origin. The modern Olympic Games are a revival, begun in 1896. Not the same place as Mount Olympus, abode of the gods, which was in Thessaly.

Olympic

adjective

noun

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