Word of the
Day for Friday 5th September 2014
\BLET-ing\
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noun
1. The ripening of fruit, especially of fruit stored until the desired degree of softness is attained. |
Quotes
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… the strange fruit was not good if eaten before ageing and bletting,
when its taste became like chocolate.
-- Leslie Forbes, Waking Raphael, 2003 |
Origin
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Bletting comes from the French word blet meaning
"overripe." It entered English in the 1830s.
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Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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