benignant
Syllables: be·nign·antUK/bəˈnɪɡnənt/
benignant adjective: kind; gracious; favorable.
Adjective
benignant (comparative more benignant, superlative most benignant)
- Kind; gracious; favorable.
- Here Nature appears in her richest attire, and Art, dressed with the modestest simplicity, attends her benignant mistress.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 417
- 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,...1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, The Departed Benefactress, page 30
benignant meaning in Tamil and Bengali
benignant in Tamil
- அருளுடைய, அன்புடைய, நலம் பயக்கிற
benignant in Bengali
- দয়ালু, সদয়, উপকারী
Examples of benignant in a sentence
- If he recovered, what a noble triumph for the medicaster, even when he had perhaps arbitrarily imposed the name of typhoid upon a simple and benignant fever, as is constantly done!1853 October, J. B. Cayol, “Art. I. Memoir upon Typhoid Fever and Typhoidism. By J. B. Cayol, formerly Professor of Clinical Medicine to...
- General Peckem roused himself after a moment with an unctuous and benignant smile.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “Doc Daneeka”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 32:
Forms of benignant
| comparative | more benignant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most benignant |
Origin of benignant
From benign + -ant, on the model of malignant.
Words formed from benignant
Questions about benignant
- What does benignant mean?
- Benignant means kind; gracious; favorable.
- What is benignant in Tamil?
- Benignant in Tamil is அருளுடைய, அன்புடைய, நலம் பயக்கிற. See Benignant meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use benignant in a sentence?
- If he recovered, what a noble triumph for the medicaster, even when he had perhaps arbitrarily imposed the name of typhoid upon a simple and benignant fever, as is constantly done!
- What part of speech is benignant?
- Benignant is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce benignant?
- Benignant is pronounced /bəˈnɪɡnənt/ (UK).
Words near benignant in the dictionary
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