English

Proper noun

Benedict

1. A male given name, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes.
2. A patronymic surname​.
3. A city/village in Kansas.
4. A census-designated place in Maryland.
5. A village in Nebraska.
6. A city/village in North Dakota.

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Translations

References

• "Benedict" in the on-line etymology dictionary, accessed on 2005-04-30

German

Proper noun

Benedict m ‎(genitive Benedicts)

1. A male given name, a less common spelling of Benedikt

English

Noun

benedict ‎(plural benedicts)

1. (rare) A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger Poeple's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 50:

     The benedict, drearily superfluous to the festivities, had hardly been noticed by her as he lurked about the walls and sought what entertainment was possible to one under the social disabilities of matrimony.

References

• Garner's Usage Tip of the Day: "Benedict/Benedicke", accessed on 2005-04-30, which in turn cites Garner's Modern American Usage, Bryan Garner, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195161912, 2003

Etymology 2

Latin benedictus, past participle of benedicere ‎(“to bless”). See benison, and compare bennet.

Adjective

benedict ‎(comparative more benedict, superlative most benedict)

1. (obsolete) Having mild and salubrious qualities.
   • 1622, Francis Bacon, Natural History, 1740, The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, Volume 3, page 5,

     And it is not a ſmall thing won in Phyſick, if you can make rhubarb, and other medicines that are benedict, as ſtrong purgers, as thoſe that are not without ſome malignity.