Saint Benedict of Nursia

Variant of benedict

benedict definition

ben·edict (ben′ə dikt′)

noun

a recently married man, esp. one who seemed to be a confirmed bachelor

Etymology: alteration of Benedick, the bachelor in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing who marries Beatrice

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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