monkish

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

monk +‎ -ish

Adjective[edit]

monkish

  1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a monk or monasticism.
    • 1870, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity, page 319:
      Among the most curious, original, and lively of the monkish Latin poems, are those least in harmony with their cold ascetic discipline.
  2. Tending to self-denial; ascetic.

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