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blet
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French blettir, coined by John Lindley.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /bl?t/
Verb
blet (third-person singular simple present blets, present participle bletting, simple past and past participle bletted)
- To undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening.
Related terms
- bletting
Translations
See also
- ripening
- rotting
References
Anagrams
- Belt, belt
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
blet (feminine singular blette, masculine plural blets, feminine plural blettes)
- overripe
Further reading
- “blet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Alternative forms
- blé
- bled
Etymology
From Frankish *bl?d (“field produce”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?daz, *bl?d? (“flower, leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhl?dh-, *bhl?w-, *bhol- (“to flower; leaf”).
Noun
blet m (oblique plural blez or bletz, nominative singular blez or bletz, nominative plural blet)
- wheat
Descendants
- French: blé
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medlar
English
Etymology
Via Middle English medler, medeler, from Old French medler, meslier, from medle, mesdle (“medlar fruit”), from Latin mespilum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (méspilon). Related to the rare mesple, via Proto-West Germanic *mespil?.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?dl?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?dl?/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?medl?/
Noun
medlar (plural medlars)
- Mespilus germanica, common medlar (now often Crataegus germanica)
- Any tree of the genus Mespilus, now often Crataegus sect. Mespilus, including many species now in other genera.
- Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit
- Stern's medlar (Crataegus × canescens: family Rosaceae)
- Mediterranean medlar or azarole (Crataegus azarolus: family Rosaceae)
- Japanese medlar or loquat (Eriobotrya japonica: family Rosaceae)
- Spanish medlar or bulletwood (Mimusops elengi: family Sapotaceae)
- African medlar (Vangueria infausta: family Rubiaceae)
- Wolfberry, goji, red medlar (Lycium spp.),
- The fruit of such trees, similar to small apples
- especially that of Crataegus sect. Mespilus, not eaten until it has begun to decay, or more specifically, to blet.
- Synonym: open arse
- especially that of Crataegus sect. Mespilus, not eaten until it has begun to decay, or more specifically, to blet.
- (derogatory, intended sexually) A woman or a woman's genitalia (as the fruit's appearance mimics an "open-arse")
- c. 1604: Measure for Measure, William Shakespeare
- I was once before him for getting a wench with child....but I was fain to forswear it; they would else have married me to the rotten medlar.
- c. 1604: Measure for Measure, William Shakespeare
Derived terms
- African medlar (Vangueria infausta)
- common medlar (Mespilus germanica)
- Dutch medlar (Mespilus germanica)
- Japan medlar, Japanese medlar (loquat)
- Mediterranean medlar (Crataegus azarolus)
- Neapolitan medlar (Crataegus azarolus)
- red medlar (Lycium spp.)
- Savoy medlar (Amelanchier ovalis)
- Spanish medlar (Mimusops elengi
- Stern's medlar (Crataegus × canescens)
- Welsh medlar (Crataegus azarolus)
Translations
References
- medlar at OneLook Dictionary Search
- medlar in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Mespilus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mespilus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Mespilus at Plants of the World Online
- Crataegus at Plants of the World Online
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “medlar”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- Del Mar, Delmar, dermal, mardle, marled, merlad
Swedish
Verb
medlar
- present tense of medla.
Anagrams
- armled
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