7 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
adjective befitting a monk; inclined to self-denial
originEtymology tree English monk Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English monkish From monk + -ish.
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