benedight

benedight

English

Etymology

From Middle English benedyght, benedight, from Latin benedictus. More at benedict, benediction.

Adjective

benedight (comparative more benedight, superlative most benedight)

1. (obsolete, poetic) Blessed; benedict.
   • 1867, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Divine Comedy, Purgatorio: Canto XV:

     When we had reached the Angel benedight

     With joyful voice he said: "Here enter in

     To stairway far less steep than are the others."

   • 1879, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Cross of Snow

     Never through martyrdom of fire was led

     To its repose; nor can in books be read

     The legend of a life more benedight.

   • 1910, Edwin Arlington Robinson, The Town Down the River, "Uncle Ananias":

     How fondly I remember the delight

     That always glorified him in the spring;

     The joyous profusion and the benedight

     Profusion of his faith in everything!

Anagrams

• benighted, get behind