bengodi

Italian edit

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bengodi

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Noun edit

bengodi m (invariable)

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 edit

Sometimes capitalized and used as proper noun.