benedict
/ˈbɛnədɪkt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.70 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.
verb
to bless.
verb
To poach and serve on an English muffin with ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce.
name
A male given name from Latin, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "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"
- "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."
- "Now, dis explanation o' de rose dance ain't on my own account, for I des' now tol' yer dat, so far as I'm concerned, it wouldn't make no diff'ence to me if I'd 'a' been requi'ed to go to hell for her — I'd 'a' went — in joy — for de fulfilment o' de love which Gord A'mighty done benedicted my heart wid."
- "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."
Etymology
From Benedicke (normalized to the usual spelling, Benedict), a character in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1598).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Benedictus, benedīcō
Usage
Inflected Forms
benedicts (plural)
more benedict (comparative)
most benedict (superlative)
benedicts (present, singular)
benedicting (participle, present)
benedicted (participle, past)
benedicted (past)
Bene't (alternative, obsolete)