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eggs Benedict en · NOUN

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (plural, plural-normally, singular) 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. 1997 March 23, Joseph Siano, “Since 1811, a Cozy Vermont Inn”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2009:
   • Eggs Benedict are fairly easy to make at home, and if you’ve read Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential, home is the only place you’ll want to eat them. 2012, Jennifer Reese, Make the Bread, Buy the Butter, page 55:
   • But the problem is that at the beginning, eggs Benedict had a much higher value than cornflakes, and now she has arrived at a point where eggs Benedict is no longer a special meal—in fact, it is approximately equal to cornflakes. 2008, Stuart Vyse, Going Broke, page 73:

Forms

Descendants

œufs à la bénédictine · œufs bénédictine

Relateds

benediction · Benedictine · benedict · Benedict

Synonyms

Benny · eggs Benny · eggs benny · eggs bene · eggs Bene · benny · bene · Bene

Translations (5)

fr œufs bénédictine/oeufs bénédictine (Translations) · fr œufs à la bénédictine/oeufs à la bénédictine (Translations) · fi benediktinmunat (Translations) · fr béné (Translations) · tr Benedikt Yumurtası (Translations)