Associations to the word «Monkish»
Noun
- Chronicler
- Robe
- Seclusion
- Superstition
- Latin
- Confessor
- Cloister
- Jesuit
- Monk
- Rhyme
- Chronicle
- Habit
- Carving
- Vow
- Legend
- Denial
- Cruelty
- Garment
- Hood
- Historian
- Relic
- Fragment
- Virtue
- Monastery
- Pilgrim
- Tale
- Manuscript
- Attribute
- Romance
- Imagination
- Spirit
- Inscription
- Christianity
- Writer
- Devil
- Knight
- Saint
- Sort
- Taste
- Account
- Mass
- Youth
- Figure
- Writing
- Goe
- Character
- Truth
- Literature
- Age
- Subject
- Priest
- Desire
- Person
- Order
- Middle
- Mind
- Room
- Picture
- Faith
- Learning
Adjective
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Wiktionary
MONKISH, adjective. Pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism.
MONKISH, adjective. Tending to self-denial; ascetic.
Dictionary definition
MONKISH, adjective. Befitting a monk; inclined to self-denial.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.