Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Gymnastics

Athletic games. The word is from gymnasium, a public place set apart in Greece for athletic sports, the actors in which were naked. (Greek, gumnos, naked.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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