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benignant

adj
/bəˈnɪɡnənt/US

Etymology

From benign + -ant, on the model of malignant.

  1. derived from benignus
  2. derived from benigne
  3. inherited from benigne
  4. suffixed as benignant — “benign + ant”

Definitions

  1. Kind

    Kind; gracious; favorable.

    • Here Nature appears in her richest attire, and Art, dressed with the modestest simplicity, attends her benignant mistress.
    • And in the silence of the midnight trance, In snowy robe she comes to cheer my sight; So holy, so benignant is her glance, Her brow so placid,—and her eye so bright,...

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