yblent
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Verb
[edit]yblent
- (archaic) past participle of blend
- 1748, James Thomson, “Canto I”, in The Castle of Indolence: […], London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, stanza IV, page 3:
- Yet all theſe Sounds yblent inclined all to Sleep.
Adjective
[edit]yblent (comparative more yblent, superlative most yblent)
- (archaic or poetic) Confused
- 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Aprill. Ægloga Quarta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 14, recto:
- And was thilk ſame ſong of Colins owne making? / Ah fooliſh boy, that is with loue yblent:
- c. 1753, Thomas Warton, “A Pastoral in the manner of Spenser”, in Richard Mant, editor, The Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Waton, B.D.[1], volume 1, University Press, published 1802, page 113, lines 9–12:
- She bragly turned her ungentle face, / And all disdaining ey'd my shape askaunce: / But I did blush, with grief and shame yblent, / Like morning-rose with hoary dewe besprent.