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.

  1. pertaining to Mount Olympus, in Greece.

noun
  1. an Olympian deity.

Origin of Olympic

1
1590–1600; <Latin Olympicus of Olympus, of Olympia <Greek Olympikós.See Olympus, -ic

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How to use Olympic in a sentence

  • We had a charming view of the Cascade Mountains to the east and the Olympics to the west, all day.

    Cruisings in the Cascades | George O. Shields
  • They are neither as lofty nor as rugged as the Cascades and Olympics, but they are nevertheless beautiful.

  • It was the log house of the "Humes Boys," who seem as much of an institution in the Olympics as the mountains themselves.

    In the Oregon Country | George Palmer Putnam
  • I liked the way you cleaned up on that Russian during the '72 Olympics.

    Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... | Gordon Randall Garrett
  • These snowy summits attracted the attention of the explorer Vancouver, who named the mountains the Olympics.

    Your National Parks | Enos A. Mills

British Dictionary definitions for Olympic

Olympic

/ (əˈlɪmpɪk) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to the Olympic Games

  2. of or relating to ancient Olympia

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