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noun, masculine

cul-bénit

/ky.be.ni/

noun, masculine/ky.be.ni/plural: culs-bénits

a Holy Joe, a Holy Mary, a zealot, a bigot, a God botherer, a Bible thumper, a Jesus freak, a creeping Jesus, a goody two shoes (an excessively pious person, a sanctimonious person, a holier-than-thou person)

Synonyms: grenouille de bénitier, punaise de sacristie, bondieusard

Literally, “blessed arse”.