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benignant

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9 lettersPronunciation /bəˈnɪɡnənt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted abeginnntStarts with BEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence

Word origin

From benign + -ant, on the model of malignant.

Used in a sentence

  • Here Nature appears in her richest attire, and Art, dressed with the modestest simplicity, attends her benignant mistress.
  • And in the silence of the midnight trance, In snowy robe she comes to cheer my sight; So holy, so benignant is her glance, Her brow so placid,—and her eye so bright,...
  • General Peckem roused himself after a moment with an unctuous and benignant smile.

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