yogistn.
/ˈjəʊɡɪst/, U.S. /ˈjoʊɡəst/ A yogi; a practitioner of yoga. Cf. yoga n.
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1860 J. Mullens Relig. Aspects of Hindu Philos. iii. 266 The Yógists, therefore, have done well. Nor are they the only Hindu philosophers who have maintained this truth.
1881 Notes & Queries 6th Ser. 3 291 The Indian yogist (or fakeer) Haridas.
1939 Jrnl. Illinois State Hist. Soc. 32 506 The Congress of Religions, an Eisteddfod of creeds open to Babists, Brahmans, Buddhists, Christians, mahdists, Mohammedans, Parsees, Shintoists, Taoists, Yogists, Zoroastrians, and even to ‘dirty heathens’.
1971 Amarillo (Texas) Globe-Times 15 Jan. 23/3 The positions are named after animals or other objects, depending on what the Yogist looks like in the position.
2011 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 27 Nov. 42 Indeed, it can be hard, when yogists will dress in such tight clothing, not to sneak a peek at people's protuberances.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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