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1. (n.) gymnosophist
a member of an ascetic sect, esp. in ancient India, whose adherents wore little or no clothing.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L gymnosophistae < Gk gymnosophistaí naked philosophers. See gymno -, sophist)
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1. (noun) gymnosophist
member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism)
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1. (noun) gymnosophist
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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