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Monkish

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to, or resembling, a monk or monasticism.

    "Among the most curious, original, and lively of the monkish Latin poems, are those least in harmony with their cold ascetic discipline."

  2. 2
    Tending to self-denial; ascetic.
Adjective
  1. 1
    befitting a monk; inclined to self-denial wordnet

Etymology

From monk + -ish.

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