Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An element in some scientific compounds of Greek origin, meaning ‘naked,’ ‘bare’: correlated with phæno- or phanero-, and opposed to crypto-, etc.
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Examples
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It was on this trip that Pyrrho was exposed to Indian ascetics (the so called gymno-sophists ” the “Naked Philosophers” of India) and their commitment to an enlightened state of mind.
Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008
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I ask him more about Zoo Quest, when he and Jack Lester went in search of the bald-headed rock crow, Picathartes gymnocephalus, and, as described in the autobiography, after only four broadcasts a London bus driver asked, ' 'ere Dave, are you going to catch that Picafartees gymno-bloody-cephalus or aren't you?'
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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I ask him more about Zoo Quest, when he and Jack Lester went in search of the bald-headed rock crow, Picathartes gymnocephalus, and, as described in the autobiography, after only four broadcasts a London bus driver asked, ' 'ere Dave, are you going to catch that Picafartees gymno-bloody-cephalus or aren't you?'
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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