Gymnosophist

[dʒim'nɒsәfist]

Definition

(noun.) member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism).

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(n.) One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the Great, who went almost naked, denied themselves the use of flesh, renounced bodily pleasures, and employed themselves in the contemplation of nature.

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n. the name given by the Greeks to those ancient Hindu philosophers who wore little or no clothing and lived solitarily in mystical contemplation.—n. Gymnos′ophy.

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