monkishadj.

Brit.

/ˈmʌŋkɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈməŋkɪʃ/

Forms: 1500s monkishe, 1500s monkisshe, 1500s monkysh, 1500s monkysshe, 1500s moonkish, 1500s– monkish, 1700s munckish, 1700s munkish.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: monk n.¹, -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < monk n.¹ + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier monkly adj., monklike adj., monastic adj.

a. Of, relating to, or characteristic of monks; monastic. Also: designating a monk.

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monklyOE

monastical1402

monasterialc1443

claustralc1449

cloistrosec1449

monkish1536

monastic1563

abbey-like1570

cloisterly1570

cloistered1581

cloistral1606

monachal1607

monasterical1651

monial1656

1536 R. Taverner tr. P. Melanchthon Confessyon Fayth Germaynes f. 24^v They added that the Monkishe life not onely deserued rightuosnes before god, but also a more & a greater thyng because it kept not only the preceptes, but also the counselles of the gospell.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lix Men must be warned that they suffre not them selues to be bounden to Monkish vowes.

1587 in T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (new ed.) iv. xiii. f. 422^v Only monkish life [is] termed perfection in the Papacie.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 212 Monkish vowes being against the word of God.

1697 T. Smith in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) 243 The life of this Great Saint, written by an old Monkish author.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 368 If a child..has taken on himself the Monachal or Monkish Tonsure.

1781 W. Cowper Charity 43 Where wast thou then, sweet Charity?.. Wast thou in monkish cells and nunn'ries found?

1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. iii. 64 Most of these men spoke of priestcraft and the monkish system with the utmost abhorrence.

1881 F. E. Warren Liturgy Celtic Church 56 A monkish pilgrim from the city of Constantinople.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 22/1 He was killed..endeavouring to quell a monkish revolt.

1991 D. M. Greenwood Unholy Ghosts (BNC) 52 As a member of a monkish order, Gilbert took little account of parochial and diocesan systems.

b. Frequently derogatory. Displaying corruption, pedantry, or other disagreeable characteristics, features, or tendencies attributed to medieval monasticism.

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1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 204 By this and suche other Monkishe partes of theirs, you may see Quid otium & cibus faciat alienus.

1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn ii. To Rdr. sig. A2 Fond rashnes murdreth first a Prince, And Monkish falsnes poysneth last a King.

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. vii. 126 In such a Monkish age,..the most petty Inventions were admired for great matters.

1641 J. Milton Animadversions 7 Your Monkish prohibitions, and expurgatorious indexes.

1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. Pref. (end) There be some, who slight and despise this sort of Learning, and represent it to be a dry, barren, Monkish studie.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. ii. i. 81 The Writer,..travels..slowly through Centuries of monkish Dulness.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 149 This Gothic and monkish education.

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab Notes 151 Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition.

1863 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris in Wks. (1872) II. 4 The monkish doctrine of the opposition of body to soul.

1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux I. xxxiii. 272 He begins to tell himself that Church and State together was a monkish combination, fit perhaps for monkish days, but no longer having fitness.

1989 Guardian (BNC) 23 Nov. Trained initially as a designer-letterer, he quickly found calligraphy too monkish.

1995 Wire Jan. 48/3 He reserves his most dismissive contempt for modern composition, a ‘Glass Bead Game’ as he calls it (after Hermann Hesse) of ultimate monkish frivolity.

2. Resembling a monk; suggestive of a monk.

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monkish1577

monastica1631

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. III. v. iii. sig. Eeee.vi/2 These monkish priestes, doe nothing else but singe in the church, and mumble masse.

1581 M. Hanmer Iesuites Banner To Rdr. 2 In weede monkish, frierish, priestly and Pharisaicall.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. B4^v A thinne lippe, and a little monkish eye.

1645 J. Milton Colasterion 17 The exposition..is the receav'd Exposition..by all lerned men, unless it bee a Monkish Papist heer and there.

1793 J. Thelwall Peripatetic III. 105 Monkish Henry, with his haughty queen.

1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xxiii. 242 ‘What is a proctor, Steerforth?’..‘Why, he is a sort of monkish attorney.’

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 68 He..is a monkish, bookish person, who meddles with nothing but literature.

1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 917 He lived like a monk... He was not monkish, though.

1904 J. London Sea-wolf xxiii. 216 I had actually, at times, considered myself outside the pale, a monkish fellow denied the eternal or the passing passions I saw and understood so well in others.

1991 N.Y. Times 24 Nov. v. 14/4 Rod Wales..is..thin and pale, with a monkish chopped off haircut and minimalist uniform of T-shirt and jeans.

3. Used, made, or performed by monks.

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1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion ix. Illustr. 147 He..is affirmed the same with Ine K. of Westsex in our Monkish Chronicles.

1646 J. Evelyn Mem. (1819) I. 229 A MS. in y^e old Monkish character.

1718 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 291 E'er Monkish Rhimes Had jangl'd their fantastic Chimes.

a1761 J. Cawthorn Poems (1771) 214 Wrapp'd in a leaf of monkish Latin.

1833 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1851) III. 410 Mr. Sparke..invited me to the palace to see an old monkish painting.

1836 J. Murray Hand-bk. for Travellers on Continent 60/1 [Utrecht is] in monkish Latin Ultra Trajectum, whence comes its modern name.

1890 E. Johnson Rise Christendom 39 We may distinguish in this great palimpsest the old Roman Scripture from the monkish over-scribble.

1934 E. Peacey St. Birgitta v. 104 Peter Olafsson's parchment in its clear monkish script was put into the hands of the Archbishop of Upsala.

4. Befitting a monk; suited to a monastery. rare.

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1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery II. 144 The situation of Beaulieu-abbey is..perhaps more monkish, than could easily have been found in the neighbourhood.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lxxxvii. 455 Athelny and Philip installed themselves in the great monkish chairs.

1990 New Age Dec. 46 In Vietnam, forty years ago, I was the first monk to ride a bicycle. At that time it was not considered a very ‘monkish’ thing to do.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monkish
释义	monkishadj. Brit. /ˈmʌŋkɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈməŋkɪʃ/ Forms: 1500s monkishe, 1500s monkisshe, 1500s monkysh, 1500s monkysshe, 1500s moonkish, 1500s– monkish, 1700s munckish, 1700s munkish. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: monk n.¹, -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < monk n.¹ + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier monkly adj., monklike adj., monastic adj. 1. a. Of, relating to, or characteristic of monks; monastic. Also: designating a monk. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > [adjective] monklyOE monastical1402 monasterialc1443 claustralc1449 cloistrosec1449 monkish1536 monastic1563 abbey-like1570 cloisterly1570 cloistered1581 cloistral1606 monachal1607 monasterical1651 monial1656 1536 R. Taverner tr. P. Melanchthon Confessyon Fayth Germaynes f. 24^v They added that the Monkishe life not onely deserued rightuosnes before god, but also a more & a greater thyng because it kept not only the preceptes, but also the counselles of the gospell. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lix Men must be warned that they suffre not them selues to be bounden to Monkish vowes. 1587 in T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (new ed.) iv. xiii. f. 422^v Only monkish life [is] termed perfection in the Papacie. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 212 Monkish vowes being against the word of God. 1697 T. Smith in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) 243 The life of this Great Saint, written by an old Monkish author. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 368 If a child..has taken on himself the Monachal or Monkish Tonsure. 1781 W. Cowper Charity 43 Where wast thou then, sweet Charity?.. Wast thou in monkish cells and nunn'ries found? 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. iii. 64 Most of these men spoke of priestcraft and the monkish system with the utmost abhorrence. 1881 F. E. Warren Liturgy Celtic Church 56 A monkish pilgrim from the city of Constantinople. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 22/1 He was killed..endeavouring to quell a monkish revolt. 1991 D. M. Greenwood Unholy Ghosts (BNC) 52 As a member of a monkish order, Gilbert took little account of parochial and diocesan systems. b. Frequently derogatory. Displaying corruption, pedantry, or other disagreeable characteristics, features, or tendencies attributed to medieval monasticism. ΚΠ 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 204 By this and suche other Monkishe partes of theirs, you may see Quid otium & cibus faciat alienus. 1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn ii. To Rdr. sig. A2 Fond rashnes murdreth first a Prince, And Monkish falsnes poysneth last a King. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. vii. 126 In such a Monkish age,..the most petty Inventions were admired for great matters. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 7 Your Monkish prohibitions, and expurgatorious indexes. 1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. Pref. (end) There be some, who slight and despise this sort of Learning, and represent it to be a dry, barren, Monkish studie. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. ii. i. 81 The Writer,..travels..slowly through Centuries of monkish Dulness. View more context for this quotation 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 149 This Gothic and monkish education. View more context for this quotation 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab Notes 151 Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition. 1863 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris in Wks. (1872) II. 4 The monkish doctrine of the opposition of body to soul. 1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux I. xxxiii. 272 He begins to tell himself that Church and State together was a monkish combination, fit perhaps for monkish days, but no longer having fitness. 1989 Guardian (BNC) 23 Nov. Trained initially as a designer-letterer, he quickly found calligraphy too monkish. 1995 Wire Jan. 48/3 He reserves his most dismissive contempt for modern composition, a ‘Glass Bead Game’ as he calls it (after Hermann Hesse) of ultimate monkish frivolity. 2. Resembling a monk; suggestive of a monk. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > monk > [adjective] monkish1577 monastica1631 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. III. v. iii. sig. Eeee.vi/2 These monkish priestes, doe nothing else but singe in the church, and mumble masse. 1581 M. Hanmer Iesuites Banner To Rdr. 2 In weede monkish, frierish, priestly and Pharisaicall. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. B4^v A thinne lippe, and a little monkish eye. 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 17 The exposition..is the receav'd Exposition..by all lerned men, unless it bee a Monkish Papist heer and there. 1793 J. Thelwall Peripatetic III. 105 Monkish Henry, with his haughty queen. 1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xxiii. 242 ‘What is a proctor, Steerforth?’..‘Why, he is a sort of monkish attorney.’ 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 68 He..is a monkish, bookish person, who meddles with nothing but literature. 1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 917 He lived like a monk... He was not monkish, though. 1904 J. London Sea-wolf xxiii. 216 I had actually, at times, considered myself outside the pale, a monkish fellow denied the eternal or the passing passions I saw and understood so well in others. 1991 N.Y. Times 24 Nov. v. 14/4 Rod Wales..is..thin and pale, with a monkish chopped off haircut and minimalist uniform of T-shirt and jeans. 3. Used, made, or performed by monks. ΚΠ 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion ix. Illustr. 147 He..is affirmed the same with Ine K. of Westsex in our Monkish Chronicles. 1646 J. Evelyn Mem. (1819) I. 229 A MS. in y^e old Monkish character. 1718 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 291 E'er Monkish Rhimes Had jangl'd their fantastic Chimes. a1761 J. Cawthorn Poems (1771) 214 Wrapp'd in a leaf of monkish Latin. 1833 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1851) III. 410 Mr. Sparke..invited me to the palace to see an old monkish painting. 1836 J. Murray Hand-bk. for Travellers on Continent 60/1 [Utrecht is] in monkish Latin Ultra Trajectum, whence comes its modern name. 1890 E. Johnson Rise Christendom 39 We may distinguish in this great palimpsest the old Roman Scripture from the monkish over-scribble. 1934 E. Peacey St. Birgitta v. 104 Peter Olafsson's parchment in its clear monkish script was put into the hands of the Archbishop of Upsala. 4. Befitting a monk; suited to a monastery. rare. ΚΠ 1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery II. 144 The situation of Beaulieu-abbey is..perhaps more monkish, than could easily have been found in the neighbourhood. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lxxxvii. 455 Athelny and Philip installed themselves in the great monkish chairs. 1990 New Age Dec. 46 In Vietnam, forty years ago, I was the first monk to ride a bicycle. At that time it was not considered a very ‘monkish’ thing to do. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1536
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