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gymnosophist

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/d͡ʒɪmˈnɒsəfɪst/(UK)
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/d͡ʒɪmˈnɒsəfɪst/(UK) · /d͡ʒɪmˈnɑsəfɪst/

Definition of gymnosophist

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noun

  1. One of a school of ancient Indian ascetic philosophers, reported in antiquity, who wore little clothing; a mystic.
    “As that gymnosophist in Plutarch made answer to Alexander (demanding which spake best), Every one of his fellows did speak better than the other: so may I say of these causes […].”
    “I was speaking today with an unclothed Hindu religious, a parama-hamsa, on the steps of a Portuguese church, a true gymnosophist.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from French gymnosophiste, from Latin gymnosophista, from Ancient Greek γυμνοσοφιστής (gumnosophistḗs), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + σοφιστής (sophistḗs, “sophist”).

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