— gymnosophy , n.
/jim nos"euh fist/ , n.
one of a group of Jainist philosophers, existing from ancient times to c1000, characterized by refusal to wear clothes and the abandonment of caste marks; a member of the Digambara sect.
[ 1400-50; late ME gymnosophistae Indian ascetics gymnosophistaí naked philosophers. See GYMNO-, SOPHIST ]