bletting

[blet-ing]

noun

the ripening of fruit, especially of fruit stored until the desired degree of softness is attained.

Origin:
< French blet (feminine blette) overripe (variant of Old French blece, adj. derivative of blecier to bruise < Old Low Franconian *blettian) + -ing¹

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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