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rish⋅i

[rish-ee]
–noun Hinduism.
1. an inspired sage or poet.
2. (initial capital letter) one of seven of these to whom the Vedas supposedly were revealed.

Origin:
1760–70; < Skt ṛṣi
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rish·i   (rĭsh'ē, rē'shē)   
n.   pl. rish·is
A divinely inspired poet or sage in India, sometimes regarded as a saint.

[Sanskrit ṛṣiḥ; see ers- in Indo-European roots.]
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