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monkish
[ muhng-kish ]
monkish
/ ˈmʌŋkɪʃ /
adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling a monk or monks
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Derived Forms
- ˈmonkishly, adverb
- ˈmonkishness, noun
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Other Words From
- monkish·ly adverb
- monkish·ness noun
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Example Sentences
And I have always despised the monkish obscurity cultivated by certain academics.
This makes you, at turns, desirous of luxury and monkish asceticism, as you strike a balance between the two.
Earthly delights impart little thrill, as you wax monkish by weekend.
The doctrine of the creation the earth only six or seven thousand years ago is a product of monkish ignorance.
The monkish representations of the wounds were depicted in countless rosaries and Books of Hours.
A long process of reasoning could then be saved by reference to some obscure picture of monkish fancy.
And did God give you a grip of steel and an arm of iron to let them grow weak in some monkish cell?
Among the monkish loot at St. Albans was an ancient cameo herewith reproduced.
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