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— monkish

/ˈmʌŋkɪʃ/ adjective [more monkish; most monkish]
monk
BNC: 44580 COCA: 37718

monkish

adjective

monk·​ish ˈməŋ-kish How to pronounce monkish (audio)
1
: of, relating to, or resembling a monk
also : resembling that of a monk
2
: inclined to disciplinary self-denial

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The result was clothing whose discreet, sometimes almost monkish, style was as pronouncedly unmistakable as its unique fabrication. Luke Leitch, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2022 And yet there is no contemporary athlete who seems to relish an almost monkish attitude to self-denial and suffering as Nadal. John Blake, CNN, 27 May 2022 The Luhring Augustine exhibition presents an artist whose name has become almost synonymous with his single-minded dedication to the act of painting—and with, as an aspect of this, his stringent, monkish work habits. Sanford Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021 The Luhring Augustine exhibition presents an artist whose name has become almost synonymous with his single-minded dedication to the act of painting—and with, as an aspect of this, his stringent, monkish work habits. Sanford Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021 The Luhring Augustine exhibition presents an artist whose name has become almost synonymous with his single-minded dedication to the act of painting—and with, as an aspect of this, his stringent, monkish work habits. Sanford Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021 The Luhring Augustine exhibition presents an artist whose name has become almost synonymous with his single-minded dedication to the act of painting—and with, as an aspect of this, his stringent, monkish work habits. Sanford Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021 The Luhring Augustine exhibition presents an artist whose name has become almost synonymous with his single-minded dedication to the act of painting—and with, as an aspect of this, his stringent, monkish work habits. Sanford Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021 The women shimmered in sequins and the men wore monkish mullets — short in the front, long in the back, shaved around the ears. New York Times, 16 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1537, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of monkish was in 1537
BNC: 44580 COCA: 37718

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