Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or condition of being benighted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The condition of being benighted.
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- noun The
state orcondition of beingbenighted .
Etymologies
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From benight + -ment.
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Examples
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Wallich discovered abundance of his favourite and really splendid Polypodium Wallichianum, which I may accuse with justice of being an additional reason for our benightment.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Is it possible that the Divine Being ever intended any of his creatures to live under conditions, the preservation of which demands the total and continual benightment of their minds and souls?
The Negro and the White Man Wesley John 1897
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