Sunday, May 25, 2014

THE FIRST WORD

benedict

PRONUNCIATION:
(BEN-i-dikt) 

MEANING:
noun: A newly married man, especially one who was previously thought to be a confirmed bachelor.

ETYMOLOGY:
From alteration of Benedick, character in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Earliest documented use: 1821.

USAGE:
"Columbus Moise, the old bachelor lawyer, who is soon to be a benedict, answered the toast."
Miguel Antonio Otero; My Life on the Frontier, 1882-1897; 1935. 
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