monk
see also: Monk
Pronunciation
Monk
Proper noun
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see also: Monk
Pronunciation
- IPA: /mʌŋk/
From Middle English monk, from Old English munuc, from Proto-West Germanic *munik, from Late Latin monicus, variant of monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός, from μόνος ("alone").
Nounmonk (plural monks)
A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service. - In earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
- 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC ↗:
- Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one, while in the case of monk and crusader there must have been a sustaining purpose, and possibly a great abnegation, a leaving of lands and possessions.”
- (slang) A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
- (slang) An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
- (slang) A judge.
- (printing, archaic) An inkblot.
- A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthosternos.
- The bullfinch, common bullfinch, European bullfinch, or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
- The monkfish.
- (historical) A fuse for firing mines.
- See also Thesaurus:recluse
- Italian: celibe
monk (monks, present participle monking; simple past and past participle monked)
- To be a monk.
- To act like a monk; especially to be contemplative.
- To monkey or meddle; to behave in a manner that is not systematic.
- To be intoxicated or confused.
- To be attached in a way that sticks out.
By shortening.
Nounmonk (plural monks)
- (colloquial) A monkey.
Monk
Proper noun
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