Gymnasium

jim-na'zT-um, n. pi. -sia, -zi-a. A place for athletic exercises; school for the higher branches of literature and science. [L.; Gr. gumnasion, fr. gumnazein, to exercise, gumnos, naked.] — Gym'- nast, n. One who teaches or practices gymnastic exercises; manager of a gymnasium. — Gymnaslic, -tical, a. Pert, to, etc. — Gymnaslically, adv. — Gymnas'tic, n. Athletic exercise one who practices or teaches, etc. — Gymnastics, n. Athletic exercises, or the art of performing, etc.— Gymnos'ophist, -o-fist, n. One of a sect of E. Indian philosophers who went almost naked. [Gr. gum no soph is tes sophistes, philosopher.] — Gym'nosperm, -no-sperm, n. (Bot.) A plant that bears naked seeds, as the common pine and hemlock. [Gr. sperm a, seed.] — Gymno'tus, n. The S. Amer. electrical eel. [Gr. notos, the back.]