eggs benedict

singular egg benedict

1. plural normallyAlternative letter-case form of eggs Benedict.

   Too often, the business of dividing the bill winds up with raised voices (“But you had a glass of wine and Thelma had two eggs benedict . . .”).

   1977 June 8, Michael Pearman, “A Restaurant Has Its Troubles, Too”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2025

singular egg Benedict · alternative eggs benedict

1. pluralplural normallysingularA dish consisting of slices of English muffins with poached eggs, ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce.

   Actually, if we each had taken up the 1811's offer of two eggs Benedict apiece the next morning, we might not have needed any lunch.

   1997 March 23, Joseph Siano, “Since 1811, a Cozy Vermont Inn”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2009

   2 more examples

   But the problem is that at the beginning, eggs Benedict had a much higher value than cornflakes, and now she has arrived at a point where eggs Benedict is no longer a special meal—in fact, it is approximately equal to cornflakes.

   2008, Stuart Vyse, Going Broke, page 73

   Eggs Benedict are fairly easy to make at home, and if you’ve read Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential, home is the only place you’ll want to eat them.

   2012, Jennifer Reese, Make the Bread, Buy the Butter, page 55

   Synonyms: bene, Bene, benny, Benny, eggs bene, eggs Bene, eggs benny, eggs Benny