gymnosophistn.

Brit.

/dʒɪmˈnɒsəfɪst/, U.S.

/dʒɪmˈnɑsəfəst/

Forms: Also Middle English plural genosophis, 1500s–1600s gimnosophist.

Etymology: < Latin (plural) gymnosophistae, < Greek γυμνοσοϕισταί , < γυμνός naked + σοϕιστής sophist n. Compare French gymnosophiste (15–16th cent. in Godefroy Compl.).

One of a sect of ancient Hindu philosophers of ascetic habits (known to the Greeks through the reports of the companions of Alexander), who wore little or no clothing, denied themselves flesh meat, and gave themselves up to mystical contemplation. Also occasionally allusively, an ascetic or mystic.

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society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > systems of philosophy > [noun] > gymnosophy > adherent of

gymnosophistian1340

gymnosophista1400

gymnosophistal1579

gymnosopha1834

a1400–50 Alexander 4022 Ermets..A progenie of pore men þat neuir pride hauntis, And ȝit þe gentill genosophis þam in þe gest callis.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 349 The custome of the Gymnosophistes of India.

1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 7 I am not a Gymnosophist to iangle at euery Sophisticall Obiection.

1630 J. Taylor Wit & Mirth in Wks. ii. 193/1 Shamrooke, a famous Scithian Gimnosophist.

a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman iii. v. 179 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) The Curate..that great Philosopher; He that found out a Pudding had two ends; That learned Clerk, that notable Gymnosophist.

1786 Pogonologia 13 The Gymnosophists were particularly attentive to their beards.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets ii. 53 There is no need to suppose that Empedocles visited the East and learned the secrets of Gymnosophists.

1882 R. L. Stevenson Familiar Stud. Men & Bks. 171 Part gymnosophist part backwoodsman.

Derivatives

gymnosophy n.

/dʒɪmˈnɒsəfɪ/ the doctrine or system of gymnosophists.

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society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > systems of philosophy > [noun] > gymnosophy

gymnosophy1826

1826 J. M. Good Bk. Nature I. i. 6 The Greeks, themselves..seem..to have become acquainted with it as a branch of gymnosophy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gymnosophist
释义	gymnosophistn. Brit. /dʒɪmˈnɒsəfɪst/, U.S. /dʒɪmˈnɑsəfəst/ Forms: Also Middle English plural genosophis, 1500s–1600s gimnosophist. Etymology: < Latin (plural) gymnosophistae, < Greek γυμνοσοϕισταί , < γυμνός naked + σοϕιστής sophist n. Compare French gymnosophiste (15–16th cent. in Godefroy Compl.). One of a sect of ancient Hindu philosophers of ascetic habits (known to the Greeks through the reports of the companions of Alexander), who wore little or no clothing, denied themselves flesh meat, and gave themselves up to mystical contemplation. Also occasionally allusively, an ascetic or mystic. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > systems of philosophy > [noun] > gymnosophy > adherent of gymnosophistian1340 gymnosophista1400 gymnosophistal1579 gymnosopha1834 a1400–50 Alexander 4022 Ermets..A progenie of pore men þat neuir pride hauntis, And ȝit þe gentill genosophis þam in þe gest callis. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 349 The custome of the Gymnosophistes of India. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 7 I am not a Gymnosophist to iangle at euery Sophisticall Obiection. 1630 J. Taylor Wit & Mirth in Wks. ii. 193/1 Shamrooke, a famous Scithian Gimnosophist. a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman iii. v. 179 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) The Curate..that great Philosopher; He that found out a Pudding had two ends; That learned Clerk, that notable Gymnosophist. 1786 Pogonologia 13 The Gymnosophists were particularly attentive to their beards. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets ii. 53 There is no need to suppose that Empedocles visited the East and learned the secrets of Gymnosophists. 1882 R. L. Stevenson Familiar Stud. Men & Bks. 171 Part gymnosophist part backwoodsman. Derivatives gymnosophy n. /dʒɪmˈnɒsəfɪ/ the doctrine or system of gymnosophists. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > systems of philosophy > [noun] > gymnosophy gymnosophy1826 1826 J. M. Good Bk. Nature I. i. 6 The Greeks, themselves..seem..to have become acquainted with it as a branch of gymnosophy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400
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