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munk

“munk” is a Swedish word. Its 11 meanings in English:

noun

  1. Christian monk
  2. religious person of other religion living in solitude
  3. a person living in solitude
  4. doughnut, type of toroidal pastry
  5. Berliner; type of ellipsoidal pastry with sweet filling
  6. a chocolate-coated marshmallow treat, a chocolate teacake
  7. a person that has lost, is out of the game
  8. type of cannonball, approx. 24 skålpund (c. 10 kg, 22 lbs)
  9. munklikör (“Bénédictine”), type of herbal liqueur
  10. type of error where the ink appears weaker, or not at all, on parts of the page
  11. type of drain for carp ponds

Etymology

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…

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