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   benignant

   /bɪˈnɪɡnənt/

   adjective

   • 1. kindly and benevolent: "an old man with a benignant expression"
   • ▪ having a good effect; beneficial: archaic "the benignant touch of love and beauty"
   • 2. a less common term for benign

   Word Origin late 18th century: from benign, or Latin benignus, on the pattern of malignant.

   Derivatives

   • 1. benignancy noun
   • 2. benignantly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 12

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