'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]