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Added 10 October 2026

benedict

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about benedict at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

United States anthropologist (1887-1948).
Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547).
A newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor).

Origin

From Benedicke (normalized to the usual spelling, Benedict), a character in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1598).

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