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gymnosophist的意思

gymnosophist

英 [dʒɪm'nɒsəfɪst]
  • n. 裸体主义者;秘密信仰的信奉者

gymnosophist

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.