monkish

monkish

English

Etymology

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English monk
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -ish
English -ish
English monkish

    From monk + -ish.

    Adjective

    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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