blet

Meaning

Verb

• To undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening.

Origin

• Borrowed from French blettir, coined by John Lindley.
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• |year=1835
• |author=John Lindley
• |authorlink=John Lindley
• |pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=534EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA296&lpg=PA296&dq=%22May+I+be+forgiven+for+coining+a+word+to+express+that+peculiar+bruised+appearance%22
• |page=296
• |title=Introduction to Botany
• Emphasis and footnote in original, and though written as blessi, the French word for bletted is blette, and Lindley coined “blet”, suggesting an error in the text.