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Word: Beneficent
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
early 17th century: from Latin beneficent- (stem of beneficentior, comparative of beneficus ‘favourable, generous’), from bene facere ‘do good (to)’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
bɪˈnɛfɪs(ə)nt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of a person) generous or doing good
Short Definition:generous or doing good
Examples:- a beneficent landowner
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