Bĕn'e-diet or Bĕn'e-dick1, n.
n. [From Benedict, one of the characters in Shakespeare's play of “Much Ado about Nothing.”] A married man, or a man newly married.
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Benediet
Bĕn'e-dĭet2, a.
a. [Lat. benedictus, p. p. of benedicere, to speak well of any one, to bless, from bene, well, and dicere, to say.] Having mild and salubrious qualities. [Obs.] Bacon.