monkish

7 letters · adjective · scores 1,800 in SpellHuntr

adjective

befitting a monk; inclined to self-denial

Monkish in a sentence

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

The miser’s niece was there all right, seated on a little stool with straw in her hair and reading a monkish scroll by the light of a tallow dip.

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