be·night·ed
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| 1. | intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened: benighted ages of barbarism and superstition. |
| 2. | overtaken by darkness or night. |
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benightedness
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| be·night·ed
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adj.
be·night'ed·ly adv., be·night'ed·ness n. |
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