Home › Words › M › monkingmonkingmonking means monkish.EtymologyFrom monk + -ing.adjMonkish.e.g.“This, said Epistemon, is spoke like a true monk : I mean like a right monking monk, not a bemonked monastical monkling.” — 1849, François Rabelais, Jacob Le Duchat, John Ozell, The Works of Francis Rabelais - Volume 2, page 233:nounThe work or life of a monk.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).