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monk
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
From Middle English monk, from Old English munuc, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from ????? (mónos, “alone”).
Alternative forms
- moncke (obsolete)
Noun
monk (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.
- (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) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed; distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.
- A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.
- 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.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:recluse
Derived terms
- Monk Bretton
- Monk Fryston
- monkette
Related terms
- monastery
- monastic
- monasticism
Translations
Verb
monk (third-person singular simple present 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.
See also
Etymology 2
By shortening.
Noun
monk (plural monks)
- (colloquial) A monkey.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- monke
Etymology
From Old English munuc.
Noun
monk (plural monks)
- monk
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41
- And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… Maister Ion Aston taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also Filip of Repintoun whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto. And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew. And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41
Descendants
- English: monk
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian mong, mang, from Proto-Germanic *mang? (“crowd”). Compare English among.
Preposition
monk
- among
Synonyms
- monken
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vegetarian
English
Alternative forms
- Vegetarian (obsolete)
Etymology
vegetable +? -arian; popularized following 1847 foundation of British Vegetarian Society.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /v?d????t??i.?n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /v?d????t???i.?n/, /?v?d????t?????n/
- Rhymes: -??ri?n
Noun
vegetarian (plural vegetarians)
- A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products. [from 1839]
- 1839 Fanny Kemble, Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838–1839, Harper and Brothers, New York, 1863, pp. 197–198:
- "The sight and smell of raw meat are especially odious to me, and I have often thought that if I had had to be my own cook, I should inevitably become a vegetarian, probably, indeed, return entirely to my green and salad days."
- 1897, Robert Hunter and Charles Morris, Universal Dictionary of the English Language, volume 4, page 5045:
- Vegetarian Society […] A society […] formed at Manchester in 1847, to promote the use of cereals, pulse, and fruit, as articles of diet; and to induce habits of abstinence from fish, flesh, and fowl, as food.
- 1897, Robert Hunter and Charles Morris, Universal Dictionary of the English Language, volume 4, page 5045:
- vegetarian […] One who abstains from animal food, living exclusively on vegetables, milk, eggs, and the like. The more strict vegetarians eat vegetables and farinaceous food only, abstaining from eggs, butter, milk, and in some cases, honey.
- 1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xv[1]:
- I went in for all books available on vegetarianism and read them. One of these, Howard Williams' The Ethics of Diet, was a 'biographical history of the literature of humane dietetics from the earliest period to the present day'. It tried to make out, that all philosophers and prophets from Pythagoras and Jesus down to those of the present age were vegetarians.
- 1839 Fanny Kemble, Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838–1839, Harper and Brothers, New York, 1863, pp. 197–198:
- An animal that eats only plants; a herbivore.
- Synonym: herbivore (standard term)
Hyponyms
- (person who does not eat animals): vegan; lactovegetarian, lactarian; ovovegetarian, eggetarian; lacto-ovo-vegetarian, lactoovovegetarian, ovo-lacto-vegetarian, ovolactovegetarian
Coordinate terms
- (animal that also eats meat): omnivore
- (animal that only eats meat): carnivore
- (person that only eats meat): meatarian, meatatarian
Translations
Adjective
vegetarian (comparative more vegetarian, superlative most vegetarian)
- Of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses). [from 1849]
- Synonym: Pythagorean
- Without meat.
- Of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat.
- 2008, Wil Forbis, Acid Logic: A Decade of Humorous Writing on Pop Culture, Trash Cinema, and Rebel Music, p. 208:
- Is there such a thing as a good tasting vegetarian hot dog? Cuz every one I've tried tasted like smelted tire.
- 2008, Wil Forbis, Acid Logic: A Decade of Humorous Writing on Pop Culture, Trash Cinema, and Rebel Music, p. 208:
- (of a person) That does not eat meat.
Translations
Derived terms
See also
- fruitarian
- vagitarian
- nutarian
- pescetarian
- vegan
Further reading
- vegetarianism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- renavigate
Romanian
Etymology
From French végétarien
Adjective
vegetarian m or n (feminine singular vegetarian?, masculine plural vegetarieni, feminine and neuter plural vegetariene)
- vegetarian
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English vegetarian.
Noun
vegetarian c
- A vegetarian.
Declension
Related terms
- vegetarianism
Anagrams
- negativare
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