benjamin

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
noun (Old Testament) the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel and one of the twelve forebears of the tribes of Israel

From benzoin, modified by folk etymology to match the name Benjamin.

"My name is Benjamin Barclay." — The Store Boy, Horatio, Jr. Alger
“Benjamin, Benjamin!” whispered my grandmother. — Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs
“Twenty-nine,” Uncle Benjamin was saying. — The Blue Castle: a novel, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

benzoin, gum benzoin, gum benjamin, asa dulcis

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