gymnosophist

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /d͡ʒɪmˈnɒsəfɪst/    美 /d͡ʒɪmˈnɑsəfɪst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of a school of ancient Indian ascetic philosophers, reported in antiquity, who wore little clothing; a mystic.
    — 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 […].

词形变化

gymnosophists plural

词源

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