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munk.

a monk

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. a monk Christian monk

    common-gender
  2. a monk religious person of other religion living in solitude

    common-gender
  3. a person living in solitude

    colloquial · common-gender
  4. types of deep-fried piece of dough doughnut, type of toroidal pastry

    common-gender
  5. types of deep-fried piece of dough Berliner; type of ellipsoidal pastry with sweet filling

    common-gender
  6. a chocolate-coated marshmallow treat, a chocolate teacake

    Gothenburg · common-gender
  7. a person that has lost, is out of the game

    common-gender · dated
  8. type of cannonball, approx. 24 skålpund (c. 10 kg, 22 lbs)

    common-gender
  9. munklikör (“Bénédictine”), type of herbal liqueur

    common-gender
  10. type of error where the ink appears weaker, or not at all, on parts of the page

    common-gender
  11. type of drain for carp ponds

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Swedish munker, from Old Norse munkr, from Old English munuc. In pastry sense; debated. According to some a comparison with the tonsure of medieval monks. According to others, and more probable according to historian Harrison, a comparison to the bodily roundness of monks. In printing error sense; borrowed from German Mönch (“monk”), comparing the lighter patches with the tonsure of monks.

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