benedict
pronunciation
How to pronounce benedict in British English:
UK [ˈbenidikt]
How to pronounce benedict in American English:
US [ˈbɛnɪˌdɪkt]
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- Noun:
- a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)
Word Origin
- benedict (n.)
- "newly married man" (especially one who had seemed a confirmed bachelor), 1821, from the character Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing" (1599). The name is from Late Latin Benedictus, literally "blessed," from Latin benedicte "bless (you)" (see benediction). This also produced the proper name Bennet; hence also benet (late 14c.), the third of the four lesser orders of the Roman Catholic Church, one of whose functions was to exorcize spirits.
Example
- 1. Rachel maddow on obama , pope benedict , and prince harry .
- 2. The college of saint benedict in st. joseph , minn.
- 3. Yet benedict has reduced still further the scant resources assigned to external communications .
- 4. The faithless benedict arnold ; a lying traitorous insurrectionist .
- 5. Whatever evidence is produced to embarrass benedict and his church , it will be irrelevant to the length of his tenure .