benignant
adjective
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Pronunciation: /bəˈnɪɡnənt/
adj
Etymology: From benign + -ant, on the model of malignant.
- Kind; gracious; favorable.
“Here Nature appears in her richest attire, and Art, dressed with the modestest simplicity, attends her benignant mistress.”
“And in the silence of the midnight trance, In snowy robe she comes to cheer my sight; So holy, so benignant is her glance, Her brow so placid,—and her eye so bright,...”