Benedick

[ ben-i-dik ]

/ ˈbɛn ɪ dɪk /

(in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing) the confident bachelor who courts and finally marries Beatrice.

(lowercase) benedict.

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Examples from the Web for benedick

It is most wonderful that she should so dote on Benedick, whom she in all outward behaviour seemed ever to dislike.
Tales from Shakespeare|Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb
Whether for force of understanding or for solid worth of character, Benedick is vastly superior both to Claudio and to the Prince.
Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I.|H. N. Hudson
That able and accomplished actor was the Benedick of the occasion, and a very acceptable performance did he give.
Ellen Terry and Her Sisters|T. Edgar Pemberton
It is appropriately called the "Benedick," after a certain young man who scoffed at matrimony,—and incidentally got married!
Greenwich Village|Anna Alice Chapin

This sarcasm sunk deeper into the mind of Benedick than all Beatrice had said before.
Tales from Shakespeare|Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb