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monkish

[ muhng-kish ]

/ ˈmʌŋ kɪʃ /

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adjective

of, relating to, or resembling a monk: a monkish manner.

Origin of monkish

First recorded in 1540–50; monk + -ish¹

OTHER WORDS FROM monkish

monk·ish·ly, adverb monk·ish·ness, noun

Words nearby monkish

monkeypod, monkeypot, monkeyshine, monkfish, monkhood, monkish, monks, monks' mound, monkshood, monmouth, monmouthshire

Example sentences from the Web for monkish

And I have always despised the monkish obscurity cultivated by certain academics.

How I Write: Stephen Greenblatt, Pulitzer Winner of ‘The Swerve’ |Noah Charney |September 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
This makes you, at turns, desirous of luxury and monkish asceticism, as you strike a balance between the two.

The Stars Predict Your Week |Starsky + Cox |October 9, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Relying on their spiritual pretensions, the monkish scribes gloried in ignorance and paraded want of grammar as a sign of grace. '

Renaissance in Italy, Volume 2 (of 7) |John Addington Symonds
In the exasperated state, especially of the monkish mind, prayers for Becket would easily slide into anathemas against the king.

Life of Thomas Becket |Henry Hart Milman

Among the monkish loot at St. Albans was an ancient cameo herewith reproduced.

Archaic England |Harold Bayley
Let us hear no more then of this monkish cant, and bigotted outcry for the restoration of the horns and tail of the devil!

Hazlitt on English Literature |Jacob Zeitlin
Nothing can be more amusing than the satire which some of these pieces throw on the character of monkish Latin.

A History of Caricature and Grotesque |Thomas Wright

British Dictionary definitions for monkish

monkish

/ (ˈmʌŋkɪʃ) /

adjective

of, relating to, or resembling a monk or monks

Derived forms of monkish

monkishly, adverb monkishness, noun