# benedick

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #86,061

## Definitions
1. A recently married man, especially one who has long held out against marriage.

## Etymology
From the character in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/benedick