benighted
part of speech
adjective (old use)
meaning for a pupil
1) (old use) caught out in the dark, when night comes before you reach home. tree →
2) (old use) lacking knowledge or understanding. tree →
sense in the lessons
in fairy tales a traveller is benighted in the forest and asks a hut-owner for shelter
examples
- I was benighted in the forest and had nowhere to sleep. tree →
- The poor tailor was benighted and begged for a place in the hut. tree →
note
nothing for maths
Trees and pragmatics
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