Blench Definition

blĕnch
blenches
verb
blenches
To make or become pale; whiten; bleach.
Webster's New World
To shrink back, as in fear; flinch; quail.
Webster's New World

(intransitive) (of the eye) To quail.

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Origin of Blench

  • From Middle English blenchen, from Old English blencan (“to deceive, cheat”), from Proto-Germanic *blankijaną (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to burn, shine, scorch”). Cognate with Icelandic blekkja (“to deceive, cheat, impose upon”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English blenchen from Old English blencan to deceive bhel-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French blanchir (“to bleach”).

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