Gym-nōs'o-phist, n.

n. [Gr. γυμνοσοφιστής; γυμνός, naked, and σοφιστής, philosopher; Fr. gymnosophiste.] One of a sect of East Indian philosophers and religious teachers, who went almost naked, did not allow themselves the use of flesh, renounced all bodily pleasures, and employed themselves in the contemplation of nature.