Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A soft spot in a fruit; an early stage of decay.
- To become “sleepy” or internally decayed, as a pear which ripens after being picked.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To decay internally when overripe; -- said of fruit.
- noun A form of decay in fruit which is overripe.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To undergo
bletting , afermentation process in certainfruit beyondripening .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The blet would slow down but may stil be supersonic thus making a sound.
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The people of Virar-Mira Road blet believe that conducting surveys and useless studies like "Most Influencial Person"; "Most Sexiest Person" is useless and stupidity.
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We finally get out when the elevator makes it to the ground floor, and everyone's out of the building, and after the fire department responds and checks the place, we are told that a blet or something broke in the elevator we were on, and that is what called emergency services.
4th Holiday discordian 2001
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No, not baby Stens, it is my Open-arse Orchard - it will be worth waiting for them to mature and blet.
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Fmnc apud Dou - blet.p. 655. yenientet in iUaflrada
Glossarium manuale ad scriptores mediae et infimae Latinitatis Charles Du Fresne Du Cange 1778
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Now, before the fanboys and haters get all riled up, keep in mind, the guy who draws the strip, T. Lewis, does so on his T.blet PC (last we heard,
Sumocat's Scribbles 2009
chained_bear commented on the word blet
See also info on bletted, which I added before I realized this was also already entered on Wordie. And now, I'm too lazy to move it. So suffah.
December 23, 2008
BrainyBabe commented on the word blet
How do you move anything?!?
December 23, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word blet
Oh, I meant just editing the comment, copying it, then deleting the comment there, and pasting it here. See? I'm too lazy. (P.S. you delete comments by editing them, resubmitting, and then the delete link appears.)
December 23, 2008
bilby commented on the word blet
"Most varieties of quince are too hard, astringent and sour to eat raw unless bletted (softened by frost and subsequent decay)."
- Wikipedia quince page
March 25, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word blet
Also see comments on medlar.
May 22, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word blet
Wild persimmons can only be eaten after a hard frost. My parents have several wild persimmon trees. The fruit is small but tasty when bletted.
December 4, 2015