gymno-, gymn- +
(Greek: naked, nude, uncovered, bare, exposed, unclad, disrobed, undressed)
gymnophily
1. Having a special fondness for being in the nude.
2. An abnormal interest in nakedness.
gymnophobia
1. A pathological fear of being naked.
2. A morbid dread of seeing a naked person or of an uncovered part of the body.
gymnophoria
The sense that someone is mentally undressing you, or that a person is viewing you naked even though you are clothed. Also, apodyopsis.
gymnopterous
Having naked wings, without hairs or scales; having sheathless wings.
gymnorespia
An aversion for the naked body.
gymnorhinal
With nostril region not covered by feathers, as in some birds or having naked or unfeathered nostrils.
gymnoscopic
A reference to a desire to see naked bodies.
gymnoscopy
Sexual pleasure derived from viewing the nakedness of the opposite sex.
gymnosophism, gymnosophy
The supposed practices of Indian monks, as described by some confused early Chkristian writers. The term is Greek for "naked sages". Actually, only the ascetic Jains practiced Nudism, while Buddhists wore saffron robes.
gymnosophist
One of a sect of ancient Hindu philosophers of ascetic habits (known to the Greeks through the reports of the companions of Alexander), who wore little or no clothing, denied themselves meat, and gave themselves up to mystical contemplation.
gymnosperm
In botany, having seeds which are not enclosed in an ovary or carpel.
gymnospore
An uncovered spore.
gymnothesaurist
Denotes someone who collects pictures of partly clothed women or men (or both?).
gymopedium, gymopaedium, gymnopedic
The distinctive epithet of the dances or other exercises performed by naked boys at public festivals in ancient Greece.
gynospermous
A reference to plants having seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary or carpel.
A related "naked, nude; uncovered" word family:
nudo-, nudi-.
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