pneumatic

• pneumatick (obsolete)

From Latin pneumaticus, from Ancient Greek πνευματικός (pneumatikós, “relating to wind or air”), from πνεῦμα (pneûma, “wind, air, breath, spirit”), from πνέω (pnéō, “I blow, breath”).

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pneumatic (comparative more pneumatic, superlative most pneumatic)

1. Of, relating to, or resembling air or other gases
2. Of or relating to pneumatics
3. Powered by, or filled with, compressed air

   a pneumatic instrument or engine

4. (zoology) Having cavities filled with air

   pneumatic cells or bones

5. Spiritual; of or relating to the pneuma
6. (of a woman) well-rounded; full-breasted; bouncy
   • 1899, Alan Dale, His Own Image: A Novel, G. W. Dillingham Company, page 59:

     Her almost pneumatic bust tightened itself, and she was quite prepared to say uncharitable things, as she saw Felicia enter.

   • 1932, Aldous Huxley, chapter 6, in Brave New World‎^[1], London: Chatto & Windus:

     "Every one says I'm awfully pneumatic," said Lenina reflectively, patting her own legs.

   • 2015, Mark Sanderson, Robin Hood Yard (Snow Hill 3), HarperCollins UK, page 255:

     This short but pneumatic woman had killed six men and yet for some reason he wasn't afraid.

• (resembling air): aereous, airy, gaseous; See also Thesaurus:gaseous
• (relating to pneumatics):
• (powered by compressed air):
• (having cavities filled with air):
• (spiritual): pneumenous
• (of a woman): See Thesaurus:voluptuous

• pneumaticity
• pneumatization

pneumatic (plural pneumatics)

1. (dated) A vehicle, such as a bicycle, whose wheels are fitted with pneumatic tyres.
2. (Gnosticism) In the gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man, the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic).

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “pneumatic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “pneumatic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Borrowed from French pneumatique, from Latin pneumaticus.

pneumatic m or n (feminine singular pneumatică, masculine plural pneumatici, feminine and neuter plural pneumatice)

1. pneumatic