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語源

Borrowed from French blettir, coined by John Lindley.

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA: /blɛt/
• 韻: -ɛt

動詞

blet (third-person singular simple present blets, present participle bletting, simple past and past participle bletted)

1. To undergo or cause to undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening.
   • c. 1835, B. Maund, The Botanic Garden, Or, Magazine of Flowering Plants, Volume 6, Simpkin & Marshall, page 115,

     Bletting is in particular a special alteration; it appears that the more austere a fruit is before this is brought on, the more it is capable of bletting regularly.

   • 2011, Mark Diacono, Fruit: River Cottage Handbook No.9, Bloomsbury Publishing, unnumbered page:

     You can also hasten the bletting process by giving firm medlars a night in the freezer. I usually pick some medlars early to blet a little indoors, as this is perfect for making jelly, whereas fully soft fruit is ideal for any other use.

   • 2021, Adele Nozedar, The Tree Forager, Watkins Media, unnumbered page:

     For example, you wouldn't be happy if you bit into a medlar. They need to be bletted (left to go over-ripe) before you can eat them but, once bletted, medlars taste sweet – a little bit like dates. […] To be frank, bletting is a more polite word for "rotting".

関連する語

• bletting

参考

• ripening
• rotting

名詞

blet (plural blets)

1. A soft spot on fruit caused by bletting.

参照

アナグラム

• Belt, belt

動詞

blēt

1. third-person singular present indicative of blōtan