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benedict

noun
/ˈbɛnədɪkt/

Etymology

From Saint Benedict, founder of the Benedictine Order, from Late Latin benedictus (“blessed, well spoken of”), from Latin benedīcō (“to bless, to speak well of”). Doublet of Bennett, Benoit, and Benito.

  1. derived from benedīcō
  2. derived from benedictus

Definitions

  1. A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.

    • The benedict, drearily superfluous to the festivities, had hardly been noticed by her as he lurked about the walls and sought what entertainment was possible to one under the social disabilities of matrimony.
    • A quarter of a mile inland we came upon the holluschickie -- sleek young bulls, living out the loneliness of their bachelorhood and gathering strength against the day when they would fight their way into the ranks of the benedicts

  2. Having mild and salubrious qualities.

    • And it is not a ſmall thing won in Phyſick, if you can make rhubarb, and other medicines that are benedict, as ſtrong purgers, as thoſe that are not without ſome malignity.

  3. to bless.

    • Rukmini, the goddess of fortune, was already personally obliged to stay as a guest in the brahmana's house in order to benedict him with great fortune.
    • As a result of this act he was benedicted with more honours by the Mughal court.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To poach and serve on an English muffin with ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce.

      • His pancakes were never just ordinary pancakes: they were airy creations mushroomed in sauce, or they were crepes suzette. Eggs were shirred, mornayed or benedicted.
      • I can scramble them, poach them, Benedict them, and make them into omelets.

    2. A male given name from Latin, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the…

      A male given name from Latin, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes.

    3. A surname originating as a patronymic.

    4. A placename

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