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gymnosophist

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12 lettersPronunciation /d͡ʒɪmˈnɒsəfɪst/Part of speech nounSorted ghimnoopsstyStarts with GEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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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