What does benedict mean in crosswords?

benedict means: a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)

Which crossword clues can have benedict as the answer?

Possible clues for benedict include "Eggs ___".

Word entry · 8 letters

Best crossword clue

"Eggs ___"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɛnədɪkt/Part of speech nounSorted bcdeeintStarts with BEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word

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From Benedicke (normalized to the usual spelling, Benedict), a character in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1598).

“The benedict, drearily superfluous to the festivities, had hardly been noticed by her as he lurked about the walls and sought what entertainment was possible to one under the social disabilities of matrimony.”
“And it is not a ſmall thing won in Phyſick, if you can make rhubarb, and other medicines that are benedict, as ſtrong purgers, as thoſe that are not without ſome malignity.”
“Rukmini, the goddess of fortune, was already personally obliged to stay as a guest in the brahmana's house in order to benedict him with great fortune.”

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