'Monkish' definitions:

Definition of 'monkish'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Befitting a monk; inclined to self-denial

Definition of 'Monkish'

From: GCIDE
  • Monkish \Monk"ish\, a. Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkish manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude. -- {Monk"ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'monkish'

From: GCIDE
  • nonindulgent \nonindulgent\ adj.
  • 1. not indulgent. [Narrower terms: {austere, forbidding, stern ; {blue(prenominal), puritan, puritanical ; {corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal ; {monkish ; {renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating, self-denying ; {self-disciplined ; {spartan, strict ] Also See abstemious. Antonym: indulgent. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. unpermissive. Opposite of permissive. [WordNet 1.5]

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