The Only Use of
benighted
in
The Hobbit
- But their main gate used to come out on a different pass, one more easy to travel by, so that they often caught people benighted near their gates.
p. 88.9benighted = in the dark (figuratively) due to a lack of knowledge, advantages, or moral understanding
Definitions:
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(1)
(benighted) in the dark (figuratively) due to a lack of knowledge, advantages, or moral understanding
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely (in old literature), benighted can refer to literally being in the dark.