Both Uses of
benighted
in
David Copperfield
- The poor, benighted innocent had never seen such a man.†
Chpt 13-15 *
- But Miss Mills, mistrusting the acceptability of her presence to the higher powers, had not yet gone; and we were all benighted in the Desert of Sahara.†
Chpt 37-39
Definition:
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(benighted) in the dark (figuratively) due to a lack of knowledge, advantages, or moral understanding