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		kaikai 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A forgotten medieval fruit with a vulgar name (202... You can say a fruit is ripening, rotting, or bletting. Would you say a fruit is ripe, rotted… bletted? Blet?

crazygringo 3 months ago | [–]

Bletted.

> "In Notes on a Cellar-Book, the great English oenophile George Saintsbury called bletted medlars the "ideal fruit to accompany wine."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletting

DonHopkins 3 months ago | [–]

Not to be confused with blepping.

https://cats.com/why-do-cats-blep

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