yblent

English

Etymology

y- +‎ blent (“blended”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

yblent

1. (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

yblent (comparative more yblent, superlative most yblent)

1. (archaic or poetic) Confused
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Aprill. Aegloga 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.‎^[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.

Anagrams

• Bently