FLETCHERIZE Definition & Meaning

Fletcherize

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[ flech-uh-rahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with or without object)

Fletcherized, Fletcherizing.

to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
to consider deliberately; meditate thoroughly on; chew over:
The two extra months at sea gave him an insight into a great business, and he had the time to fletcherize his ideas.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Fletcherize¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; Fletcherism, -ize

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The tourists rise and file out of the monastery without a word, wait in line for their rice and lentils, then fletcherize their meal, looking quite serious.

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Yet one reason “The Voyeur’s Motel” is gripping is that Mr. Talese doesn’t fletcherize his material.

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Franz Kafka’s father, she reports, “hid behind a newspaper at dinnertime to avoid watching the writer Fletcherize.”

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An inability to further fletcherize.

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So, baseball players, if you’re wise, And think you’d like to Fletcherize, Hark to the Gypsy’s warning!

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