gymnosophist

English

Etymology

From French gymnosophiste, from Latin gymnosophistae, from Ancient Greek γυμνοσοφισταί (gumnosophistaí), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + σοφιστής (sophistḗs, “sophist”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪmˈnɒsəfɪst/

Noun

gymnosophist (plural gymnosophists)

One of a school of ancient Indian ascetic philosophers, reported in antiquity, who wore little clothing; a mystic.
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
  , vol.I, New York, 2001, p.250:
  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 […].
- 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:
  I was speaking today with an unclothed Hindu religious, a parama-hamsa, on the steps of a Portuguese church, a true gymnosophist.

单词	gymnosophist
释义	gymnosophist English Etymology From French gymnosophiste, from Latin gymnosophistae, from Ancient Greek γυμνοσοφισταί (gumnosophistaí), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + σοφιστής (sophistḗs, “sophist”). Pronunciation (UK) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪmˈnɒsəfɪst/ Noun gymnosophist (plural gymnosophists) One of a school of ancient Indian ascetic philosophers, reported in antiquity, who wore little clothing; a mystic. 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify \|partition=1, 2, or 3): , vol.I, New York, 2001, p.250: 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 […]. 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise: 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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