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monkish

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to, or resembling, a monk or monasticism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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adj

Meaning 2

Tending to self-denial; ascetic.

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adjective satellite

Meaning 3

befitting a monk; inclined to self-denial

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree 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.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: mönchisch — pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism
  • Greek: καλογερίστικος (kalogerístikos) — pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism
  • Italian: monacale — pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism
  • Italian: fratesco — pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism
  • Polish: mniszy — pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism
  • Polish: mnisi — pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism
  • Spanish: frailesco — pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism
  • Spanish: frailuno — pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism
  • Spanish: monacal — pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism
  • Spanish: monástico — pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism
  • Spanish: monjil — pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism
  • German: mönchisch — tending to self-denial; ascetic
  • Greek: καλογερίστικος (kalogerístikos) — tending to self-denial; ascetic