Mong vs Monk - What's the difference?
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(Australian slang) A mongrel dog.'>citation
* 1965 , Brian James, The Big Burn: Short Stories ,
(dated, offensive, pejorative, British, slang) A person with Down's syndrome.
(pejorative, British, slang) A stupid person.
(obsolete) a variant spelling of
A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
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in earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
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, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=20 (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 (.
The (European bullfinch).
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between mong and monk
is that mong is a mixture, a crowd while monk is a male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.As a preposition mong
is a variant spelling of ’mong.mong
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Derived terms
* mongcornEtymology 2
Contraction of (mongrel).Noun
(en noun)page 40,
- Some blue cattle-dogs and a small pack of mongs barked excitedly, and danced round, and wished they knew what to do in such an unheard-of situation; and no doubt dreamed for days after of what they had done to distinguish themselves.
Etymology 3
Contraction of Mongol or mongoloid.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 4
Shortened from (among)Preposition
(head)monk
English
(wikipedia monk)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=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.”}}