eggs Benedict
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eggs Benedict¹
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Disputed. Likely from the given name or family name Benedict, with several individuals suggested as a possible eponym. A less common surmise suggests borrowing from French oefs bénédictine (“Benedictine (nuns’) eggs”). Attested since 1898.
noun egg Benedict · eggs benedict
- A dish consisting of slices of English muffins with poached eggs, ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce. Actually, if we each had taken up the 1811's offer of two eggs Benedict apiece the next morning, we might not have needed any lunch.
eggs benedict²
noun eggs Benedict · egg benedict
- Alternative letter-case form of eggs Benedict.eggs Benedict Too often, the business of dividing the bill winds up with raised voices (“But you had a glass of wine and Thelma had two eggs benedict . . .”).
