gymnosophist
pronunciation
How to pronounce gymnosophist in British English:
UK [dʒɪm'nɒsəfɪst]
How to pronounce gymnosophist in American English:
US [dʒɪm'nɒsəfɪst]
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- Noun:
- member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism)
Word Origin
- gymnosophist (n.)
- c. 1400, from Greek gymnosophistai "the naked philosophers," from gymnos "naked" (see naked) + sophistes "wise man" (see sophist). Ancient Hindu holy men whose self-denial extended to clothes; they were known to the later Greeks through the reports of Alexander the Great's soldiers.
Example
- 1. We maybe doing social work in the eyes of people , but actually , we are real gymnosophist in the heart of the world .