bengodi

Italian

Etymology

From ben (“well”, apocopic form of bene) +‎ godi (“enjoy”, imperative form of godere). First used in Boccaccio's Decameron as the setting for a novella.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /benˈɡɔ.di/
  • Rhymes: -ɔdi
  • Hyphenation: ben‧gò‧di

Noun

bengodi m (invariable)

  1. an imagined land of plenty, a land of milk and honey (Can we find and add a quotation of Boccaccio to this entry?)
    Questo posto è proprio un bengodi!
    This place is a real land of plenty!

Usage notes
  • Sometimes capitalized and used as proper noun.
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