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Definition of Benedick
1. Noun. A newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor).
Definition of Benedick
1. Noun. A recently married man, especially one who has long held out against marriage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Benedick
1. benedict [n -S] - See also: benedict
Lexicographical Neighbors of Benedick
Literary usage of Benedick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1898)
"That Mr. GEORGE ALEXANDER looks the benedick, ' ' a young Lord of Padua," would
be undeniable, if that unconfirmed bachelor were of the same age, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1885)
"caught the benedick, it will cost him a thousand pound ere he be cured. ing,
Signor benedick ; nobody marks you. Mess. I will hold friends with you, lady. ..."
Other Resources:
Breton