Monkish

Synonyms for "monkish" (5 found)

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Related words (2)

Adjective(1 words)

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Translations

13 translations across 5 languages.

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German

2 entries
  • mönchisch adj (pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism)
  • mönchisch adj (tending to self-denial; ascetic)

Greek

2 entries
  • καλογερίστικος adj (pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism)
  • καλογερίστικος adj (tending to self-denial; ascetic)

Italian

2 entries
  • fratesco adj (pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism)
  • monacale adj (pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism)

Polish

2 entries
  • mnisi adj (pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism)
  • mniszy adj (pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism)

Spanish

4 entries
  • frailesco adj (pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism)
  • frailuno adj (pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism)
  • monacal adj (pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism)
  • monjil adj (pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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Father Zachary urged these perils to the Baron with all the force of monkish rhetoric.

Source: tatoeba (7752154)

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

Source: wiktionary

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