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benedictine

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11 lettersPart of speech adjective, nounSorted bcdeeeiinntStarts with BEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks

Word origin

From French bénédictin, from Latin benedictus, named after Italian 6th century Saint Benedict of Nursia (Latin: Benedictus Nursiae). Recorded in English from the 17th century. By surface analysis, Benedict + -ine.

Used in a sentence

  • Cripps differed from Partridge there, and proceeded to prove, by personal instances, that the safest thing for a man to drink was benedictine.
  • Many liqueurs, among them chartreuse and benedictine, have long been held in great esteem as aphrodisiac aids.

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