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Date: 1600-1700
Origin: benighted 'trapped by the darkness of the night' (16-20 centuries), from night

benighted

 adjective
     
be‧night‧ed literary
having no knowledge or understanding
—benightedly adverb
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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