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benedict

6 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. benedict (noun)
  2. Benedict (biographical name)
  3. Benedict (biographical name)
  4. Benedict of Nursia (biographical name)
  5. Benedict's solution (noun)
  6. eggs Benedict (noun plural but singular or plural in construction)

ben·e·dict

noun \ˈbe-nə-ˌdikt\

Definition of BENEDICT

: a newly married man who has long been a bachelor

Origin of BENEDICT

alteration of Benedick, character in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
First Known Use: 1821

Rhymes with BENEDICT

contradict, derelict, interdict, Lake District, maledict, retrodict, Scotch verdict

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