gymnosophist
英 [dʒɪm'nɒsəfɪst]
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英文词源
- gymnosophist (n.)
- c. 1400, from Greek gymnosophistai "the naked philosophers," from gymnos "naked" (see naked) + sophistes "wise man" (see sophist). Ancient Hindu holy men whose self-denial extended to clothes; they were known to the later Greeks through the reports of Alexander the Great's soldiers.
英英释意
- 1. member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism)