yblent

English

Etymology

y- + blent (blended)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

yblent

  1. (archaic) past participle of blend

Adjective

yblent (comparative more yblent, superlative most yblent)

  1. (archaic or poetic) Confused
    • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Aprill. Ægloga Quarta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: [], London: [] Hugh Singleton, [], →OCLC; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender [], London: John C. Nimmo, [], 1890, →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., 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.

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