Benign Definition

bĭ-nīn
adjective
benigner, benignest
Good-natured; kindly.
Webster's New World
Favorable; beneficial.
Webster's New World
Tending to exert a beneficial influence; favorable.
A policy with benign consequences for the economy.
American Heritage
Doing little or no harm; not malignant; specif., not cancerous.
Benign tumors.
Webster's New World
Gentle or kind.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Benign

Adjective

Base Form:
benign
Comparative:
benigner
Superlative:
benignest

Origin of Benign

  • From Old French benigne, from Latin benignus (“kind, good”), from bonus (“good”) + genus (“origin, kind”). Compare malign.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English benigne from Old French from Latin benignus genə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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