adj
Meaning 1
Having mild and salubrious qualities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
benedict
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Sound
Pronunciation
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bĕ'nədĭkt
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/ˈbɛnədɪkt/
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name
Meaning 2
A male given name from Latin, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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name
Meaning 3
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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name
Meaning 4
A placename:
A minor city in Wilson County, Kansas, United States, named after S. S. Benedict.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
A placename:
A census-designated place in Maryland, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 6
A placename:
A village in Nebraska, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 7
A placename:
A city and village in North Dakota, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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verb
Meaning 9
to bless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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Antonyms: maledict
verb
Meaning 10
To poach and serve on an English muffin with ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce.
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noun
Meaning 11
a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: benedick
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: husband, hubby, married man
noun
Meaning 12
Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Saint Benedict, St. Benedict
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Broader terms: monk, monastic, saint
noun
Meaning 13
United States anthropologist (1887-1948)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Ruth Benedict, Ruth Fulton
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: anthropologist
History
Etymology
From Latin benedictus, past participle of benedicere (“to bless”). See benison. Doublet of bennet.
From Saint Benedict, founder of the Benedictine Order, from Late Latin benedictus (“blessed, well spoken of”), from Latin benedīcō (“to bless, to speak well of”). Doublet of Bennett, Benoit, and Benito.
From Benedicke (normalized to the usual spelling, Benedict), a character in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1598).
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: Bdek — equivalent male given name
- Armenian: Բենեդիկտոս (Benediktos) — equivalent male given name
- Breton: Benead — equivalent male given name
- Breton: Benedig — equivalent male given name
- Breton: Benniged — equivalent male given name
- Bulgarian: Бенеди́кт (Benedíkt) — equivalent male given name
- Catalan: Benet — equivalent male given name
- Chinese Mandarin: 本尼迪克特 — equivalent male given name
- Chinese Mandarin: 本篤 /本笃 (Běndú) — equivalent male given name
- Czech: Benedikt — equivalent male given name
- Danish: Bent — equivalent male given name
- Esperanto: Benedikto — equivalent male given name
- Extremaduran: Benitu — equivalent male given name
- Faroese: Bænadikt — equivalent male given name
- Faroese: Benadikt — equivalent male given name
- Finnish: Pentti — equivalent male given name
- Franco-Provençal: Benimo — equivalent male given name
- French: Benoît — equivalent male given name
- Galician: Bieito — equivalent male given name
- Galician: Bento — equivalent male given name
- Galician: Benedito — equivalent male given name
- Georgian: ბენედიქტე (benedikṭe) — equivalent male given name
- German: Benedikt — equivalent male given name
- Greek: Βενέδικτος (Venédiktos) — equivalent male given name
- Ancient Greek: Εὔφημος (Eúphēmos) — equivalent male given name
- Hungarian: Benedek — equivalent male given name
- Icelandic: Benedikt — equivalent male given name
- Irish: Beinidict — equivalent male given name
- Italian: Benedetto — equivalent male given name
- Italian: Benito — equivalent male given name
- Japanese: ベネディクト (Benedikuto) — equivalent male given name
- Korean: 베네딕토 (Benedikto) — equivalent male given name
- Latin: Benedictus — equivalent male given name
- Latvian: Benedikts — equivalent male given name
- Lithuanian: Benediktas — equivalent male given name
- Māori: Penetito — equivalent male given name
- Māori: Penetiki — equivalent male given name
- Neapolitan: Benedèttë — equivalent male given name
- Norwegian: Bendik — equivalent male given name
- Occitan: Benaset — equivalent male given name
- Occitan: Benesech — equivalent male given name
- Occitan: Benest — equivalent male given name
- Polish: Benedykt — equivalent male given name
- Portuguese: Benedito — equivalent male given name
- Portuguese: Bento — equivalent male given name
- Romanian: Benedict — equivalent male given name
- Russian: Венедикт (Venedikt) — equivalent male given name
- Serbo-Croatian: Бенедикт — equivalent male given name
- Serbo-Croatian: Benedikt — equivalent male given name
- Slovak: Benedikt — equivalent male given name
- Slovene: Benedikt — equivalent male given name
- Spanish: Benedicto — equivalent male given name
- Spanish: Benito — equivalent male given name
- Spanish: Benicio — equivalent male given name
- Swedish: Bengt — equivalent male given name
- Venetan: Beneto — equivalent male given name
- Vietnamese: Biển Đức — equivalent male given name
- Vietnamese: Bênêđictô — equivalent male given name
- French: Benoît — equivalent patronymic surname
Real reading context