benight
/bɪˈnaɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "How far might I have been on my way by this time! I am made to tread thoſe ſteps thrice over, which I needed not to have trod but once: Yea now alſo I am like to be benighted, for the day is almost ſpent."
- "[H]e struck off the common road, to take the benefit of a nearer cut; and finding himself benighted near a village, took up his lodging at the first inn to which his horse directed him."
- "The public road, however, was tolerably well-made and safe, so that the prospect of being benighted brought with it no real danger."
- "The King with half the East at heel is marched from lands of morning; / Their fighters drink the rivers up, their shafts benight the air."
- "Can we whose souls are lighted With Wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life deny?"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bɪˈnaɪt/
- British English: /bɪˈnaɪt/