yogi
/ˈjoʊɡi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative letter-case form of yogi.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of yogi.
Example Sentences
- "To this day, yogins find that these disciplines, which have measurable physical and neurological effects, evoke a sense of calm, harmony and equanimity that is comparable to the effect of music."
- "There is a special healthy menu, and the yogis can all eat together if they choose, but there's none of the birdseed-and-bulgur-wheat diet of a typical retreat."
- "Gurdjieff connects this type of breathing with yogi breathing."
- "It's a yogi trick of some sort."
- "You do not even need to be psychoanalyzed, Rolfed, estered, altered, gelded, neutered, spayed, fixed, Mooned, acupunctured, meditated, Zenned, massaged, Cayced, yogied, New Aged, astrocharted, holisticized, computerized, megatrended, therapized, androgynized, evangelized, converted, or even, last and least, to be reborn."
- "I meet hundreds of people each year who have been New Thoughted, Mind Scienced, Eckankared, Rosicrucianed, l Amed, White Brotherhooded, Scientologied and, yes, even yogied — to the point of mental numbness."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: योगी, योगिन्, *yugóm
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈjoʊɡi/
- British English: /ˈjəʊɡi/
Usage
- Informal
- Transitive verb
- American usage
Inflected Forms
yogis (plural)
ioggue (alternative)
iogue (alternative)
jogue (alternative)
jougie (alternative)
joguey (alternative)
jogee (alternative)
jogi (alternative)
yoguee (alternative)
yogue (alternative)
yogee (alternative)
yogin (alternative)