Etymology

blet

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Today it means: To undergo or cause to undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening. Full definition →

French blettir
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  1. French · borrowed fromblettir
  2. English todayblet

Borrowed from French blettir, coined by John Lindley.

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